Difference between revisions of "Earth Science 7-Europe/Iceland 8"

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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]

Prevailing Winds

Europe

Because of its Northerly location, the winds in Europe are mostly Prevailing Westerlies

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

Very Southern Europe- bright green, Csa, warm temperature, summer dry, and hot summer
A sliver of Southern Europe- light green-Csb, Warm temperature, dry summer, and warm summer
Patches of Southern Europe- very dark green- Cfa, Warm temperature, fully humid, hot summer
Central/most of Euorpe- dark green- Cfb, warm temperature, full humid, warm summer
North East Europe- purple- Dfb, snow, fully humid, warm summer
Northern Europe- dark pink- Dfc, snow, fully humid, cool summer
Sliver of Northern Europe and all of Icleland- ET, polar, polar tundra

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Europe is at a high lattitude, so you would expect it to be very cold, but warm ocean currents blow around Europe, so the temperature stays mild. Also, there are a bunch of Mountain Ranges (The Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians,Balkan, Rhodopes)in southern Europe. These mountain ranges cause southern Europe to be hot and arid, while northern central Europe is humid and warm. Northern Europe (Norway, Sweden, Finland) is very cold because it is so close to the arctic circle and so far away from the equator. It is also very moist because lows usually sit at the north west end of europe, allowing moisture to collect, and a hight usually sits towards the south of europe, making less room for water in the air.
Iceland is very near the arctic circle, so due to it's elevation, it is cold. However, on the east of iceland there is a warm ocean current blowing up towards iceland. That is why there is a sliver of warm regions on the south side of Iceland. On the other hand, there is a cold ocean current coming from the northwest side of Iceland. There is a low pressure system that hangs out around iceland, so there is moisture. Iceland is a polar tundra, and because the frozen water can not sink into the ground, it supportst mosses, lichens, and shrubs.

[1] ttp://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/officiallist.htm

[2] ttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001763.html

[3] ttp://www.travelmath.com/continent/Europe

[4] ttp://www.travelmath.com/country/Iceland

[5] ttp://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/europe.htm

[6] ttp://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/europec.htm

[7] ttp://www.altiusdirectory.com/Travel/list-of-rivers-in-europe.html

[8] ttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_Iceland

[9] ttp://www.weatherbase.com/weather/country.php3?r=EUR&refer=&regionname=Europe

[10] ttp://www.grossmont.edu/judd.curran/

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Difference between revisions of "Earth Science 7-Europe/Iceland 8"

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Contents

Links

Countries

Elevations

Latitude and Longitude range

Iceland

Prevailing Winds

Europe

Major Topographic Features

Mountain Ranges

Plains

Plateaus

Other

Major Bodies of Water

Seas

Straits and Channels

Gulfs

Bays

Rivers

Bordering Oceans

Iceland

Bodies of water

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

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Latvia

Russia

Ukraine

Belarus

Poland

Czech Republic

Hungary

Romania

Bulgaria

Turkey

Greece

Croatia

Macedonia

Austria

Italy

Germany

Denmark

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United Kingdom

Ireland

Iceland

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