Earth Science 7-Europe/Iceland 8

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The Countries

  • Albania [1]
  • Andorra
  • Armenia
  • Austria
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  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom


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


  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
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