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Revision as of 22:14, 22 November 2011

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Earth Science 7-Regions

Countries

  • United Kingdom[1]
  • Ireland
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Finland
  • Russia
  • Monaco
  • Malta
  • Italy
  • France
  • Spain
  • San Marino
  • Portugal
  • Germany
  • The Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
  • Luxembourg
  • Liechtenstein
  • Austria
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Poland
  • Lithuania
  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia
  • Hungary
  • Romania
  • Moldova
  • Ukraine
  • Belarus
  • Slovenia
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Turkey
  • Armenia
  • Greece
  • Albania
  • Bulgaria
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Macedonia
  • Yugoslavia
  • Armenia
  • Georgia
  • Kosovo
  • Serbia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Montenegro

Elevations

Highest Elevation: Mt. Elbrus 5,642 m Lowest Elevation: Caspian Sea 28 m below sea level [2]


Latitude and Longitude range

48° 41' 27" N / 9° 8' 26" E[3]

Iceland

65° 0' 0" N / 18° 0' 0" W[4]

Major Topographic Features

Mountain Ranges

  • Kjolen Moutains[5]
  • Ural Mountains
  • The Alps
  • Carpathian Mountains
  • Balkan Mountains
  • Apennines Mountains
  • Dinacarie Mountains
  • Caucasus Mountains
  • Pyrenees Mountains

Plains

  • Meseta in Spain (the high plains of Spain)
  • Great Hungarian Plain
  • North European

Plateaus

  • Massif Central
  • Mesata
  • Plateaus and Lowlands throughout France, Germany, and Czech Republic
  • Central Russian Upland

Other

  • Atlantic Highlands
  • Scandanavian Shield

Major Bodies of Water

Seas

  • Barents Sea[6]
  • White Sea
  • Norwegian Sea
  • North Sea
  • Sea of the Hebrides
  • Irish Sea
  • Celtic Sea
  • Adriatic Sea
  • Aegean Sea
  • Black Sea
  • Sea of Azov
  • Sea of Crete
  • Ionian Sea
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Thyrhenian Sea
  • Balearic Sea
  • Ligurian Sea
  • Sea of Marmara
  • Aborian Sea
  • Baltic Sea
  • Caspian Sea
  • North Sea

Straits and Channels

  • St. Georg's Channel
  • Bristol Channel
  • Strait of Dover
  • English Channel
  • Bospurus Strait
  • Strait of Gibraltar

Gulfs

  • Gulf of Bothania
  • Skagerrak
  • Gulf of Finland
  • Gulf of Riga
  • Gulf of Venice

Bays

  • Kattegat
  • Bay of Biscal

Rivers

  • Volga[7]
  • Danube
  • Ural
  • Dnieper
  • Don
  • Pechora
  • Northern Dvina – Vychegda
  • Dniester
  • Rhine
  • Elbe
  • Vistula
  • Tagus
  • Daugava
  • Loire
  • Tisza
  • Sava
  • Neman
  • Meuse
  • Ebro
  • Douro
  • Kuban
  • Mezen
  • Oder
  • Neva – Svir – Suna
  • Rhône
  • Seine
  • Mureş
  • Drava
  • Guadiana
  • Prut
  • Po

Bordering Oceans

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Arctic Ocean

Iceland

  • Bordering Waters
    • Norwegian Sea
    • Atlantic Ocean

Bodies of water

  • Apavatn[8]
  • Arnarvatn
  • Bardarlaug
  • Botnstjörn
  • Crater lakes of Iceland
  • Frostastaõavatn
  • Frozen lakes of Iceland
  • Glacial lakes of Iceland
  • Grænavatn
  • Hagavatn
  • Kleifarvatn
  • Lambavatn
  • Laugarvatn
  • Ljósavatn
  • Mývatn
  • Màsvatn
  • Skiõyvatn
  • Tjörnin
  • Vesturhopsvatn
  • Víti
  • Álftavatn
  • Úlfljótsvatn
  • Þingvallavatn

Average Temperature (Fareignheit)and Precipitation (inches)[9]

Norway

  • Temp: Jan:32 Feb:32 Mar:35 Apr:39 May:46 Jun:52 Jul:56 Aug:56 Sep:50 Oct:43 Nov:37 Dec:33
  • Precip: Jan:2.3 Feb:1.8 Mar:1.9 Apr:1.9 May:2.4 Jun:3.1 Jul:3.2 Aug:3.7 Sep:3.6 Oct:3.6 Nov:3.4 Dec:2.6

Sweden

  • Temp: Jan:27 Feb:26 Mar:32 Apr:39 May:51 Jun:58 Jul:63 Aug:61 Sep:52 Oct:43 Nov:35 Dec:28
  • Precip: Jan:1.9 Feb:1.2 Mar:1.2 Apr:1.4 May:1.9 Jun:1.9 Jul:2.6 Aug:3.1 Sep:2.9 Oct:2.4 Nov:2.4 Dec:1.9

Finland

  • Temp: Jan:22 Feb:21 Mar:28 Apr:38 May:50 Jun:57 Jul:62 Aug:59 Sep:50 Oct:41 Nov:32 Dec:25
  • Precip: Jan:1.8 Feb:1.4 Mar:1.4 Apr:1.5 May:1.7 Jun:1.8 Jul:2.4 Aug:2.9 Sep:2.6 Oct:2.7 Nov:2.6 Dec:2.2

Latvia

  • Temp: Jan:28 Feb:26 Mar:32 Apr:39 May:50 Jun:57 Jul:62 Aug:60 Sep:55 Oct:46 Nov:37 Dec:32
  • Precip: Jan:1.7 Feb:1.1 Mar:1.4 Apr:1.4 May:1.5 Jun:1.8 Jul3.0 Aug:3.0 Sep:2.9 Oct:3.2 Nov:3.5 Dec:2.4

Russia

  • Temp: Jan:16 Feb:18 Mar:28 Apr:42 May:54 Jun:60 Jul:63 Aug:60 Sep:50 Oct:39 Nov:28 Dec:21
  • Precip: Jan:1.4 Feb:1.1 Mar:1.3 Apr:1.5 May:2.0 Jun:2.6 Jul:3.2 Aug:2.8 Sep:2.3 Oct:2 Nov:1.7 Dec:1.7

Ukraine

  • Temp: Jan:32 Feb:32 Mar:35 Apr:48 May:59 Jun:68 Jul:73 Aug:71 Sep:60 Oct:50 Nov:42 Dec:35
  • Precip: Jan:1.5 Feb:1.1 Mar:1.1 Apr:1.0 May:2.0 Jun:2.4 Jul:1.3 Aug:1.1 Sep:1.1 Oct:0.7 Nov:1.4 Dec:1.3

Belarus

  • Temp: Jan:22 Feb:23 Mar:32 Apr:43 May:55 Jun:60 Jul:63 Aug:62 Sep:53 Oct:43 Nov:33 Dec:26
  • Precip: Jan:1.7 Feb:1.5 Mar:1.5 Apr:1.8 May:2.3 Jun:3.2 Jul:3.5 Aug:3.2 Sep:2.3 Oct:1.8 Nov:2.0 Dec:1.9

Poland

  • Temp: Jan:29 Feb:29 Mar:37 Apr:46 May:56 Jun:61 Jul:64 Aug:64 Sep:56 Oct:47 Nov:37 Dec:32
  • Precip: Jan:1.1 Feb:1.0 Mar:1.2 Apr:1.5 May:2.0 Jun:2.6 Jul:3.0 Aug:2.8 Sep:1.8 Oct:1.6 Nov:1.5 Dec:1.4

Czech Republic

  • Temp: Jan:29 Feb:30 Mar:39 Apr:45 May:55 Jun:60 Jul:63 Aug:63 Sep:57 Oct:47 Nov:37 Dec:32
  • Precip: Jan:0.8 Feb:0.7 Mar:1.0 Apr:1.4 May:2.3 Jun:2.7 Jul:2.6 Aug:2.5 Sep:1.6 Oct:1.2 Nov:1.1 Dec:0.9

Hungary

  • Temp: Jan:30 Feb:32 Mar:39 Apr:50 May:59 Jun:66 Jul:68 Aug:66 Sep:59 Oct:50 Nov:41 Dec:32
  • Precip: Jan:1.4 Feb:1.3 Mar:1.5 Apr:1.7 May:2.4 Jun:2.5 Jul:2.6 Aug:2.4 Sep:1.8 Oct:2.0 Nov:1.9 Dec:1.8

Romania

  • Temp: Jan:30 Feb:32 Mar:42 Apr:52 May:62 Jun:68 Jul:72 Aug:71 Sep:64 Oct:53 Nov:40 Dec:33
  • Precip: Jan:1.7 Feb:1.5 Mar:1.4 Apr:1.8 May:2.6 Jun:3.4 Jul:2.2 Aug:2.2 Sep:1.4 Oct:1.1 Nov:1.8 Dec:1.6

Bulgaria

  • Temp: Jan:36 Feb:40 Mar:44 Apr:53 May:62 Jun:69 Jul:73 Aug:74 Sep:67 Oct:57 Nov:49 Dec:42
  • Precip: Jan:2.3 Feb:1.2 Mar:2.0 Apr:2.6 May:3.1 Jun:2.5 Jul:0.9 Aug:0.7 Sep:1.4 Oct:2.8 Nov:2.7 Dec:3.7

Turkey

  • Temp: Jan:42 Feb:42 Mar:46 Apr:54 May:62 Jun:70 Jul:74 Aug:74 Sep:69 Oct:61 Nov:52 Dec:46
  • Precip: Jan:3.7 Feb:2.8 Mar:2.3 Apr:1.7 May:1.2 Jun:0.9 Jul:0.7 Aug:0.6 Sep:1.1 Oct:2.1 Nov:3.5 Dec:3.8

Greece

  • Temp: Jan:50 Feb:50 Mar:54 Apr:59 May:67 Jun:75 Jul:81 Aug:81 Sep:75 Oct:67 Nov:59 Dec:53
  • Precip: Jan:4.4 Feb:3.5 Mar:2.9 Apr:1.9 May:1.1 Jun:0.3 Jul:0.1 Aug:0.4 Sep:1.2 Oct:3.6 Nov:5.5 Dec:6.0

Croatia

  • Temp: Jan:44 Feb:46 Mar:50 Apr:55 May:64 Jun:71 Jul:77 Aug:77 Sep:69 Oct:60 Nov:53 Dec:46
  • Precip: Jan:3.2 Feb:2.6 Mar:2.7 Apr:2.4 May:1.6 Jun:1.5 Jul:1.0 Aug:1.5 Sep:2.4 Oct:3.5 Nov:3.9 Dec:4

Macedonia

  • Temp: Jan:32 Feb:38 Mar:46 Apr:54 May:62 Jun:69 Jul:73 Aug:73 Sep:66 Oct:56 Nov:43 Dec:35
  • Precip: Jan:1.5 Feb:1.4 Mar:1.6 Apr:1.5 May:2.3 Jun:1.9 Jul:1.4 Aug:1.1 Sep:1.4 Oct:1.8 Nov:2.3 Dec:1.8

Austria

  • Temp: Jan:27 Feb:31 Mar:40 Apr:49 May:57 Jun:63 Jul:66 Aug:66 Sep:60 Oct:48 Nov:39 Dec:32
  • Precip: Jan:3.0 Feb:1.0 Mar:1.1 Apr:1.4 May:3.0 Jun:3.3 Jul:5.8 Aug:3.1 Sep:1.8 Oct:1.2 Nov:1.7 Dec:0.9

Italy

  • Temp: Jan:48 Feb:48 Mar:52 Apr:56 May:64 Jun:71 Jul:76 Aug:76 Sep:71 Oct:63 Nov:54 Dec:50
  • Precipe: Jan:3.8 Feb:3.2 Mar:3.0 Apr:3.0 May:2.0 Jun:1.5 Jul:0.9 Aug:1.2 Sep:3.1 Oct:5.2 Nov:5.0 Dec:4.7

Germany

  • Temp: Jan:34 Feb:36 Mar:43 Apr:48 May:57 Jun:62 Jul:66 Aug:66 Sep:59 Oct:50 Nov:41 Dec:37
  • Precip: Jan:1.8 Feb:1.6 Mar:2.1 Apr:2.3 May:2.4 Jun:2.9 Jul:2.4 Aug:2.9 Sep:2.1 Oct:2.2 Nov:2.3 Dec:2.2

Denmark

  • Temp: Jan:33 Feb:32 Mar:37 Apr:43 May:53 Jun:59 Jul:62 Aug:62 Sep:56 Oct:49 Nov:41 Dec:36
  • Precip: Jan:1.7 Feb:1.0 Mar:1.4 Apr:1.6 May:1.7 Jun:2.1 Jul:2.6 Aug:2.9 Sep:2.0 Oct:2.1 Nov:2.1 Dec:2.0

France

  • Temp: Jan:37 Feb:38 Mar:44 Apr:49 May:55 Jun:60 Jul:64 Aug:63 Sep:59 Oct:51 Nov:42 Dec:37
  • Precip: Jan:2.2 Feb:1.8 Mar:1.6 Apr:1.7 May:2.2 Jun:2.4 Jul:2.3 Aug:2.6 Sep:2.2 Oct:2.1 Nov:2.3 Dec:2.3

Netherlands

  • Temp: Jan:38 Feb:37 Mar:43 Apr:47 May:54 Jun:59 Jul:62 Aug:62 Sep:58 Oct:51 Nov:44 Dec:40
  • Precip: Jan:3.1 Feb:1.7 Mar:3.5 Apr:1.5 May:2.0 Jun:2.4 Jul:2.9 Aug:2.4 Sep:3.2 Oct:4.1 Nov:3.0 Dec:2.8

United Kingdom

  • Temp: Jan:37 Feb:38 Mar:42 Apr:47 May:52 Jun:57 Jul:61 Aug:61 Sep:56 Oct:50 Nov:43 Dec:39
  • Precip: Jan:1.7 Feb:1.5 Mar:1.5 Apr:1.3 May:1.9 Jun:2.1 Jul:2.2 Aug:2.4 Sep:1.5 Oct:2.6 Nov:1.9 Dec:2.2

Ireland

  • Temp: Jan:42 Feb:41 Mar:42 Apr:46 May:50 Jun:55 Jul:57 Aug:59 Sep:55 Oct:51 Nov:46 Dec:44
  • Precip: Jan:3.7 Feb:2.7 Mar:2.7 Apr:2.2 May:2.2 Jun:2.0 Jul:2.1 Aug:2.9 Sep:3.1 Oct:3.7 Nov:3.9 Dec:3.8

Iceland

  • Temp: Jan:31 Feb:33 Mar:33 Apr:37 May:43 Jun:48 Jul:52 Aug:51 Sep:45 Oct:40 Nov:35 Dec:32
  • Precip: Jan:3.4 Feb:2.9 Mar:3.0 Apr:2.2 May:1.7 Jun:1.8 Jul:2.0 Aug:2.4 Sep:2.8 Oct:3.5 Nov:3.3 Dec:3.3

Spain

  • Temp: Jan:42 Feb:45 Mar:49 Apr:53 May:60 Jun:69 Jul:76 Aug:76 Sep:69 Oct:58 Nov:49 Dec:44
  • Precip: Jan:1.8 Feb:1.7 Mar:1.5 Apr:1.8 May:1.6 Jun:1.0 Jul:0.4 Aug:0.4 Sep:1.2 Oct:1.8 Nov:2.5 Dec:1.9

Koppen Classification System

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  1. ↑ http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/officiallist.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001763.html
  3. ↑ http://www.travelmath.com/continent/Europe
  4. ↑ http://www.travelmath.com/country/Iceland
  5. ↑ http://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/europe.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/europec.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Travel/list-of-rivers-in-europe.html
  8. ↑ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_Iceland
  9. ↑ http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/country.php3?r=EUR&refer=&regionname=Europe
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