Western Europe Review

The second longest river in Europe; runs from the Alps to the Black Sea.

• Danube

• Rhine

• Volga

• Po

The largest mountain range in Europe; located in Switzerland, Austria, and northern Italy

• Alps

• Carpathian

• Caucasus

• Pyrenees

Peninsula that contains Spain and Portugal

• Iberian

• Italian

• Balkan

• Scandinavian

Large sea to the south of Europe

• Mediterranean Sea

• Baltic Sea

• Black Sea

• North Sea

Large, flat area that stretches from Northern France to Russia

• North European Plain

• Great Hungarian Plain

• Great Plains

• Pampas

The two mountain ranges that separate Europe from Asia

• Ural and Caucasus

• Ural and Carpathian

• Alps and Caucasus

• Pyrenees and Alps

The feature that causes Western Europe to have a mild climate for much of the year.

• North Atlantic Current

• Alps

• Mediterranean Sea

• Great Hungarian Plain

The British Isles contains all of the following regions EXCEPT

• Iceland

• England

• Ireland & Northern Ireland

• Scotland

• Wales

Geothermal Energy is used to provide power in which country?

• Iceland

• Switzerland

• France

• Germany

Fjords, or narrow inlets of water with steep sides, can largely be found in _________.

• Norway

• Germany

• Switzerland

• Austria