Geography of Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe - Physical Geography

Coach Jewell

Estonia - Tallinn
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania
Belarus - Minsk
Poland - Warsaw
Czech Republic - Prague
Slovakia
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarejevo
Serbia - Belgrade
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania - Tirana
Macedonia
Romania - Bucharest
Moldova
Bulgaria
Ukraine - Kyiv

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Eastern Europe

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Label these 5 countries

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Czeck Rep

Ukraine

Romania

Poland

Estonia

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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ROMANIA?

• BUDAPEST

• BUCHAREST

• BREST

• TEMISVAR

Estonia - Tallinn
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania
Belarus - Minsk
Poland - Warsaw
Czech Republic - Prague
Slovakia
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia - Belgrade
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania - Tirana
Macedonia
Romania - Bucharest
Moldova
Bulgaria - Sofia
Ukraine - Kyiv

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Eastern Europe

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Latvia

Bulgaria

Belarus

Hungary

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THE CAPITAL OF BELARUS IS...

• MINSK

• GDANSK

• SLUTSK

• KIEV

Estonia
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania
Belarus - Minsk
Poland - Warsaw
Czech Republic - Prague
Slovakia - Bratislava
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia - Belgrade
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania - Tirana
Macedonia
Romania - Bucharest
Moldova - Chisinau
Bulgaria
Ukraine - Kyiv

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Eastern Europe

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Moldova

Serbia

Slovakia

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WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF SERBIA?

• CAPAJEBO

• MOSTAR

• TUZLA

• BELGRADE

Estonia
Latvia - Riga
Lithuania
Belarus - Minsk
Poland - Warsaw
Czech Republic - Prague
Slovakia
Hungary - Budapest
Slovenia
Croatia - Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia - Belgrade
Montenegro
Kosovo
Albania - Tirana
Macedonia
Romania - Bucharest
Moldova
Bulgaria
Ukraine - Kyiv

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Eastern Europe

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Macedonia

Croatia

Lithuania

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On the previous slide what was one significant difference between the map of cold war

eastern Europe and modern day eastern Europe.

What did we already learn about the Danube River?

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The Danube River

Multiple Choice

Who profits from the Upper Danube's Hydro power the most?

• Romania

• Austria

• Serbia

• Bulgaria

Multiple Choice

What has the rhein - Danube canal inadvertantly allowed to spread?

• seaweed

• salt water fish

• invasive species of fish

• butterflies

The three rivers that feed into the Danube
Drava
Tisza
Sava

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The Danube River

Tatras
Carpathian
Transylvanian Alps
Balkan Mountains
Dinari Range

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Mountain Ranges of the region

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Where are the Carpathian Mountains

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Where are the Dinari Mountain Range

Karst topography refers to natural landscape that is largely the result of chemical weathering by water, resulting in caves, sinkholes, cliffs, and steep-sided hills called towers. These features form when water picks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ground to form carbonic acid. Even this fairly weak and dilute acid dissolves carbonate rocks (such as limestone) relatively easily, resulting in dramatic features, even though other nearby rock is comparatively unaffected.

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KARST TOPOGRAPHY

Karst topography in the Dinary Alps

• ​The Dinaric Karst is the largest continuous karst landscape in Europe, covering almost half of the Dinaric Alps mountain range. It's about 650 km long and up to 150 km wide. 

Multiple Choice

How long is the Dinaric Karst ?

• 200 MILES

• 650 KM

• 10 MILES

• 1000 KM

FEATURES -

• The Dinaric Karst is home to many karst features, including: 

• Sinkholes 

• Sinking streams 

• Large springs 

  Caves, Poljes, which are closed depressions with flat bottoms that can be up to 60 kilometers in diameter 

Multiple Choice

SELECT THE ONE FEATURE OF KARST TOPOGRAPHY

• TALL TREES

• DESERT AREA

• SINKHOLE

• DRY LAKES

Climate

• The Dinaric Karst is located in a humid temperate climate with west winds. The Adriatic Sea and river valleys have a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and wet, fresh winters. The south sides of the Dinaric Mountains have a strong downslope northeast wind called burja (bora). 

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WHAT IS THE DOWNSLOPE WIND CALLED?

• Chinook wind
• Katabatic wind
• Bora wind
• Foehn wind

Drainage

• Drainage in the Dinaric Karst has been largely diverted into subsurface routes. In some areas, all precipitation may disappear underground, making it difficult to find water for domestic purposes.