Earth Science 7-Europe/Iceland 1
Contents
- 1 Links
- 2 Region Name
- 3 Countries
- 4 Latitude and Longitude
- 5 Elevation Range
- 6 Large Bodies of Water, Rivers
- 7 Major Topographic Features
- 8 Bordering Oceans
- 9 Climate Zone
- 10 Average Monthly Temperature high/low (in Centigrade)
- 11 Average Precipitation
- 12 Factors that Affect the Climate
- 13 Geology
- 14 Tectonic Plates
- 15 References
Links
Region Name
Europe and Iceland
Countries
- Iceland
- England
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Hungary
- Portugal
- Norway
- Holland
- Sweden
- Finland
- Switzerland
- Austria
- Ukraine
- Belgium
- Lithuania
- Romania
- Macedonia
- Turkey
- Greece
- Denmark
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Poland
- Ireland
- Bulgaria
- Slovenia
- Croatia
- Bosnia- Herzegovina
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Luxembourg
- Belarus
- Mont.
- United Kingdon
- Germany
- Latvia
- Czech Republic
- Kosovo
- Andorra
- Slovakia
- Estonia
- Montenegro
- Malta
- Vatican City
- Liechtenstein
- Albania
Latitude and Longitude
Europe- 48° 41' 27" N / 9° 8' 26" E
Iceland- 65° 0' 0" N / 18° 0' 0" W
Elevation Range
Europe- Mt. Elbrus= 18,510 ft. (5,642 m) Caspian Sea= 92 ft. below sea level (–28 m)
Iceland- Atlantic Ocean= 0 m Hvannadalshnukur= 2,119 m
Large Bodies of Water, Rivers
Bodies of Water-
- Caspian Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- Black Sea
- White Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Sea of Azov
- English Channel
- Norwegian Sea
- Bay of Biscay
- Huna Bay
- Denmark Strait
- Bierdha Fjord
- Faza Bay
- Aegean Sea
Rivers-
- Danube
- Dnieper
- Don
- Elbe
- Loire
- Oder
- Po
- Rhine
- Rhone
- Shannon
- Tagus
Major Topographic Features
Europe-
- Alps
- Apennines
- Atlantic Highlands
- Balkan Mountains
- Carpathian Mountains
- Caucasus Mountains
- Great Hungarian Plains
- Kjolen Mountains
- Massif Central
- Mesata
- North European Plains
- Pyrenees
- Scandinavian Shield
Iceland-
- Drangajokull Glacier
- Langjokull Glacier
- Hofsjokull Glacier
- Vatnajokull Glacier
- Myrdalsjokull Glacier
- Eyjafjallajokull Glacier
- Oraefajokull Mountains
Bordering Oceans
Europe- Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean
Iceland- Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
Climate Zone
Cfb(Marine West Coast) on the Köppen Climate Chart [11]
Average Monthly Temperature high/low (in Centigrade)
| England Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
| Avg. Temperature | 3.85 | 3.95 | 5.85 | 7.65 | 10.85 | 13.6 | 16.0 | 15.85 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 9.35 | ||
| Avg. Max Temperature | 6.6 | 6.9 | 9.3 | 11.7 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 17.5 | 13.6 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 13.1 | ||
| Avg. Min Temperature | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 5.6 | ||
| Ireland Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
| Avg. Temperature | 3.95 | 4.15 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 14.15 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 6.15 | 4.75 | 8.85 | ||
| Avg. Max Temperature | 6.7 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 16.5 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 15.7 | 12.5 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 12.2 | ||
| Avg. Min Temperature | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Scotland Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
| Avg. Temperature | 1.9 | 1.95 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 8.65 | 11.05 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 10.55 | 7.85 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 7.25 | ||
| Avg. Max Temperature | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 10.5 | ||
| Avg. Min Temperature | -0.2 | -0.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | ||
| Wales Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
| Avg. Temperature | 3.9 | 3.85 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 10.25 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 14.75 | 12.5 | 9.65 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 8.9 | ||
| Avg. Max Temperature | 6.5 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 14.5 | 16.8 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 16.2 | 12.8 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 12.3 | ||
| Avg. Min Temperature | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 5.5 | ||
Average Precipitation
| England Precipitation | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
| Precipitation(mm) | 84.3 | 60.1 | 66.6 | 56.9 | 55.2 | 62.9 | 54.2 | 66.8 | 73.4 | 83.7 | 83.5 | 90.5 | 838.7 | ||
| Days with Precipitation Less Than One mm | 13.4 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 131.2 | ||
| Ireland Precipitation | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
| Precipitation(mm) | 119.1 | 86.6 | 93.5 | 70.6 | 68.1 | 72.1 | 73.3 | 90.9 | 94.5 | 114.6 | 110.6 | 118.5 | 1112.4 | ||
| Days with Precipitation Less Than One mm | 17.8 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 177.0 | ||
| Scotland Precipitation | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
| Precipitation(mm) | 170.6 | 123.6 | 138.7 | 86.3 | 79.1 | 85.2 | 92.2 | 107.5 | 139.8 | 162.8 | 166.0 | 169.7 | 1521.4 | ||
| Days with Precipitation Less Than One mm | 18.6 | 14.8 | 17.3 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 185.8 | ||
| Wales Precipitation | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
| Precipitation(mm) | 158.6 | 114.0 | 118.8 | 85.9 | 80.7 | 86.2 | 78.4 | 106.0 | 124.0 | 153.2 | 156.8 | 173.3 | 1435.9 | ||
| Days with Precipitation Less Than One mm | 17.4 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 165.5 | ||
Factors that Affect the Climate
Latitude Latitude affects the climate because when you go to a higher latitude, the tempeture drops, making the region colder than a region in a lower latitude.Europe is close to 60 degrees North latitude, in the mid-latitudes low pressure area.
Elevation, Proximity to Water, and Topography Elevation affects the climate because when you get into higher altitudes, the tempeture and the air pressure drops.The proximity to water affects the climate because when you are closer to water the temperature tends to be more steady and doesn't change as rapidly than a region not near to water. This occurs because water and land have different cooling and heating rates.Next to Mt. Elbrus, it would be colder and drier because it is at a higher elevation and has a lower air pressure. Next to the Caspian Sea, it would warmer and moister because it is next to a body of water. Since Europe is near the Mediterranean Sea, the temperature would be colder and it would be humid because it is near the poles.
Prevailing Winds Wind pushes warm or cold air into a region. It can also push storms or clear weather into a region.
Currents The North Atlantic Drift Current is an ocean current that transports warm waters to latitudes higher than any other ocean.
High and Low Pressure Systems The Alps is a major topographic feature that affects the climate and prevailing winds. It affects the prevailing winds by forcing the warmer air from the lower area into a higher area. It affects the climate because it is accompanied by precipitation.
Vegetation Vegetation would also affect the climate. In urban areas, there is often concrete, but vegetation absorbs less heat, so therefore vegetation makes the urban areas cooler.
Geology
Minerals
Europe
Oil: Romania, Great Britain, and Ukraine
Coal: France, Spain, Germany, and Poland
Lead and Zinc: Spain, Poland, and Italy
Uranium: France
Bauxite: Hungary and Slovakia
Copper: Poland and Ukraine
Iron: Sweden and Finland
Silver: France
Rock Types
Europe
flysch: [flish] a sedimentary sequence consisting of marine deposits of dark, thinly bedded, fine-grained marls, sandstones, shales, clays, and muds.
Flysch: an extensive, late Cretaceous to Oligocene sedimentary formation bordering the Swiss Alps and associated with the Alpine orogeny.
Insubric line: boundary between the European and Adriatic plates.
marl: a calcerous clay or mixture of clay and particles of calcite and dolomite, usually derived from shell fragments.
massif: a large block of rock or other structural feature within an orogenic belt that is usually older and more rigid than the surrounding rocks.
molasse:
- a sedimentary sequence deposited during the Miocene period in southern Germany, subsequent to the rising of the Alps; composed primarily of soft, green sandstone associated with marl and conglomerates
- any similar sedimentary sequence
nappe: a large, sheetlike rock unit that has been transported some distance forward over other rocks, either by thrust faulting, recumbent folding, or both. (what would be called a thrust sheet in the Western U.S.)
The Alps: The Alpine chain of western Europe resulted from the subduction of Tethyan oceanic crust followed by a continent-continent collision between Africa and Europe. The mountain belt contains slices of sediment and continental crust scraped off of both the European and African margins, as well as ophiolites. These nappes are at most only a few kilometers thick each, but have produced pronounced crustal thickening as a whole. The Alpine orogeny was very complex and occurred in several phases from the middle Cretaceous to the Neogene, of which the collision between Europe and Africa was only one. Much of the earlier deformation has been overprinted in the Alps by the later mountain building in the Tertiary. [19]
Europe Geological Map
Iceland
Iceland lies on the geologic rift between the Eurasian plate and the North American plate. It also lies above a hotspot, the Iceland plume, which is believed to have caused the formation of Iceland itself. The result is an island of volcanism and geothermal phenomena such as geysers. The eruption of Laki in 1783 caused much devastation and loss of life and affected Europe. In the period 1963 to 1967 the new island of Surtsey was created on the southwest coast by a volcanic eruption. [21]
- Gabbro
- Dolerite
- Diorite
- Rhyolite
- Granophyre
- Granite
Iceland Geological Map
Mining Resources
Europe
- Copper
- Gold
- Iron and Steel
- Iron Ore
- Lead and Zinc
- Nickel
- Platinum- Group Metals
- Diamond
- Phosphate Rock
- Potash
- Coal
- Natural Gas
- Petroleum
- Uranium
Iceland
- Aluminum
- Diatomite
- Pumice
- Scoria
- Salt
- Sand
- Basalt
- Rhyolite
Tectonic Plates
Plates: Europe: Eurasian Plate Iceland: North American Plate and Eurasian Plate
Boundary: Europe: Iceland: Divergent Boundary [27]
Volcanoes
References
- ↑ http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/extmedia?id=ar186660&st=europe&em=mp000070
- ↑ http://www.travelmath.com/continent/Europe
- ↑ http://www.travelmath.com/country/Iceland
- ↑ http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001763.html
- ↑ http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/highlow.htm
- ↑ http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/eu.htm
- ↑ http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/euriv3.htm
- ↑ http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/is.htm
- ↑ http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/euland4.htm
- ↑ http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/lgcolor/iscolor.htm
- ↑ http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/global/climate_max.htm
- ↑ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/england.html
- ↑ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/n_ireland.html
- ↑ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/scotland.html
- ↑ http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/wales.html
- ↑ http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/atlantic/north-atlantic-drift.html
- ↑ http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-mineral-map.htm
- ↑ http://www.mapsofworld.com/iceland/iceland-mineral-map.html
- ↑ http://www.geo.arizona.edu/geo5xx/geo527/Alps/geology.html
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Europe
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Iceland#External_links
- ↑ https://notendur.hi.is/oi/iceland_excursion.htm
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Iceland#External_links
- ↑ https://notendur.hi.is/oi/iceland_excursion.htm
- ↑ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2007/myb3-sum-2007-europe-eurasia.pdf
- ↑ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2007/myb3-2007-ic.pdf
- ↑ Perry's Handbook, Sixth Edition, McGraw- Hill Co., 1984.
