2. LAND RELIEF IN EUROPE

Europe is on average the least mountainous continent. Its average height is only 340 metres.

LOCATE ON THE PHYSICAL MAP THE LAND RELIEF OF EUROPE (and the distribution of water):

MOUNTAINS

- Alps (Alpes): Mont Blank (4807m).

- Apenines (Apeninos).

- Carpathians (Montes Cárpatos)

- Balkan Mountains (Balcanes)

- Caucasus: Elbrus (5642 m).

- Ural Mountains (Montes Urales)

- Scandinavian Mountains (Montes Escandinavos)

MASSIFS

- Massif Central (Macizo Central)

PLAINS

- Great European plain (Gran Llanura Europea

- East European plain (Llanura del Este)

PENINSULAS

- Kola Peninsula (Península de Kola)

- Scandinavian Peninsula (Península Escandinava)

- Jutland Peninsula (Península de Jutlandia)

- Iberian Peninsula (Peninsula Ibérica)

- Italian Peninsula (Peninsula Itálica)

- Balkan Peninsula (Península Balcánica)

- Peloponnese Peninsula (Peninsula del Peloponeso)

- Crimean Peninsula (Península de Crimea)

ISLANDS/ARCHIPELAGOS

- Iceland (Islandia)

- British Isles (Islas Británicas): Great Britain and Ireland.

- Balearic Islands (Islas Baleares).

- Corsica (Córcega).

- Sardinia (Cerdeña)

- Sicily (Sicilia)

- Malta

- Crete (Creta)

- Cyprus (Chipre)

- Rodos.

CAPES AND GULFS

- North Cape (Cabo Norte)

- Gulf of Bothnia (Golfo de Botnia)

- Finland Gulf (Golfo de Finlandia)

- Gulf of Genoa (Golfo de Génova)

- Gulf of Venice (Golfo de Venecia)

STRAITS (ESTRECHOS)

- Canal de La Mancha

- Strait of Gibraltar

- Strait of Messina

- Strait of Bosphorus.

SEAS

- North Sea (Mar del Norte)

- Mediterranean Sea (Mar mediterráneo)

- Baltic Sea (Mar Báltico)

- Black Sea (Mar Negro)

- Caspian Sea (Mar Caspio)

- Adriatic Sea (Mar Adriático)

RIVERS

- Arctic watershed : Pechora, Onega, Northern Dvina.

- Atlantic watershed : Loire (Loira), Seine (Sena), Rhine (Rin, a navigable river), Elbe (Elba), Oder, Vistula,

Western Dvina.

- Mediterranean Sea watershed : Rhône (Ródano), Po.

Black Sea and Caspian Sea watershed: Volga (Europe´s longest river), Ural (which forms the border between

Europe and Asia), Danube (Danubio), Dniester, Dnieper, Don.