Europe Physical Features Notes (Blue)
You will need to locate the physical features on the map[1] and know the facts for the features listed below,
Here is a link to StudyStack for the features below.
Feature | Why is it important? | One interesting fact |
Alps | They provide water for countries in Europe | Cover more than 80,000 square miles |
North European Plain | It’s rich farmland provides food for Europe | Makes Europe the continent with lowest elevation |
Rhine River | People depended on it for trade and transportation | Goes through nine different countries |
Danube River | Europe’s second largest river | Goes through nine different countries |
Volga River | It’s Basin contains over half of Russia’s population | Has 200 tributaries |
Pyrennes Mountains | separate Spain and France | Has lots of farms with cattle and sheep |
Ural Mountains | Contain copper and iron for Russian Industry | A meteor crashed into them recently. |
[1] This will include these features as well as the ones on the chart: Black Sea, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea.