NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

This factor refers to what the surface of the Earth is like

It includes landforms (mountains), their origins (erosion) an the main phenomena associated with them (earthquakes)

It refers to marine waters (oceans and seas) and inland waters (rivers, lakes, glaciers and groundwater.

It refers to the vegetation, soils and fauna

It is the study of the movements of the seas and the flow and seasonal variations of rivers

• biogeography

• hydrography

• relief

• climate

It refers to the general state of the atmosphere in a specific place or in a larger region

It is closely related to climate conditions and human intervention

• Climate

• Hydrography

• Biogeography

• Relief

It is the second smallest continent in the world after Oceania. It is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains, the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea. To the west is the Atlantic Ocean and to the south is the Mediterranean Sea

It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Pacific in the west, the frozen Arctic in the north and the warm Gulf of Mexico in the south

It is the origin of the river Hudson.

It runs parallel to the Atlantic coast.

• The Great Plains

• The Rocky Mountains System

• The Appalachian mountain range

• The Alps