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Earth Science 7-Regions

The Countries

• Albania ^[1]
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• San Marino
• 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

Region 1: Ireland and the UK

Region 2: Spain and Portugal

Region 3: Belgium France Luxembourg The Netherlands

Region 4: Germany Poland Czech Republic Switzerland Austria Hungary Slovenia Slovakia

Region 5: Italy

Region 6: Moldova Romania Bulgaria Serbia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Macedonia Albania Montenegro

Region 7: Greece, Turkey, Cyprus

==Region 8:

File:Http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/mpeel/Koppen/Europe MiddleEast.jpg

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