Geography

Hello and welcome to the Geography page of David's Travel Guides. I have always been interested in geography and history being my favourite subjects at school.

For geography on the cities, towns and villages covered under this project please refer to their individual pages. As this site covers Europe I will stick to writing about the geography of the European continent on this page.

Europe can be described as a peninsula of the Eurasian continent, bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas to the south. Europes peninsulas are known as the Iberian, Italian, and Balkan, located in southern Europe with Scandinavian and Jutland, located in northern Europe, also Ireland and the United Kingdom on the Alantic Ocean.

 

Name & website Address Description
Europe Physical Geography National Geographic An article about the physical geography of Europe
Europe Human Geography National Geographic An article about the human geography of Europe
     

 

 

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Interesting Geographic Facts about Europe

Number of Countries

There are 44 countries in Europe, these are divided into different regions, there are 9 countries in Western Europe, 10 countries in Eastern Europe, 15 countries in Southern Europe, and 10 countries in Northern Europe.

Estimated Population

The estimated population of Europe is 748,473,998 as of May 2022.

Number of Lakes

It is estimated that there are more than 500,000 natural lakes larger than 0.01 km2 (1 ha) in Europe. About 80% to 90% of these are small with a surface area of between 0.01 and 0.1 km2, whereas around 16,000 have a surface area exceeding 1 km2. About three quarters of the lakes are located in Scandinavia and the Karelo-Kola part of Russia.

Mountain Ranges in Europe

Albania - Dinaric Alps -Pindus Mountains

Andorra - Pyrenees

Armenia - Caucasus - Lesser Caucasus

Austria - Alps - Bavarian Alps - Bohemian Forest - Carnic Alps - Karawanken - Niedere Tauern - Noric Alps - Rhaetian Alps - Rhätikon Mountains - Silvretta Group - Zillertal Alps

Azerbaijan - Caucasus - Greater Caucasus - Lesser Caucasu

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Alps - Dinaric Alps

Bulgaria - Balkan Mountains - Rhodope Mountains - Rila - Sredna Mountains

Croatia - Alps - Dinaric Alps

Cyprus - Troodos Mountains

Czech Republic - Beskid Mountains - Carpathian Mountains - Giant Mountains - Hercynian orogenic belt - Javorníky - Jeseník Mountains - Jizera Mountains - Lusatian Mountains - Ore Mountains - Orlice Mountains - Sudeten

France - Alps - Cévennes - Cottian Alps - Dauphiné Alps - Graian Alps - Hercynian orogenic belt - Jura Mountains - Maritime Alps - Provence Alps - Pyrenees - Savoy Alps - Vosges

Georgia - Caucasus - Greater Caucasus - Lesser Caucasus

Germany - Alps - Bavarian Alps - Hercynian orogenic belt - Lusatian Mountains - Ore Mountains - Sudeten Taunus - Thuringian Fores

Greece - Cithaeron - Cynoscephalae - Mount Pentelicus - Pindus Mountains - Rhodope Mountains - Taïyetos Mountains - Vérmio Mountains

Hungary - Bakony Mountains - Bükk Mountains - Carpathian Mountains - Mátra Mountains - Mecsek Mountains

Ireland - Boggeragh Mountains - Comeragh Mountains - Galty Mountains - Hercynian orogenic belt - Knockmealdown Mountains - Macgillycuddy’s Reeks - Wicklow Mountains

Italy - Alban Hills - Alps - Bernina Alps - Carnic Alps - Cottian Alps - Dolomites - Graian Alps - Gran Sasso d’Italia - Julian Alps - Lepontine Alps - Maritime Alps - Orobie Alps - Pennine Alps - Rhaetian Alps - Zillertal Alps

Kosovo - Šar Mountains

Liechtenstein - Alps - Rhaetian Alps - Rhätikon Mountains

Macedonia - Rhodope Mountains - Šar Mountains

Montenegro - Dinaric Alps

Norway - Jotunheim Mountains - Rondane - Sulitelm

Poland - Beskid Mountains - Carpathian Mountains - Giant Mountains - Jizera Mountains - Lusatian Mountains - Sudeten - Świętokrzyskie Mountains - Tatra Mountains

Portugal - Estrela Mountains - Gerês Mountains - Monchique Mountains - Sintra Mountains

Romania - Apuseni Mountains - Carpathian Mountains - Transylvanian Alps

Russia - Caucasus - Central Russian Upland - Greater Caucasus - Ural Mountains - Uralian orogenic belt - Valdai Hills

Serbia - Alps

Slovakia - Beskid Mountains - Carpathian Mountains - Javorníky - Slovak Ore Mountains - Tatra Mountains

Slovenia - Alps - Dinaric Alps - Julian Alps - Karawanken

Spain - Baetic Cordillera - Gerês Mountains - Hercynian orogenic belt - Pyrenees - Sierra Morena - Sierra Nevada

Sweden - Sulitelma

Switzerland - Alps - Bernina Alps - Glarus Alps - Jura Mountains - Lepontine Alps - Pennine Alps - Rhaetian Alps - Rhätikon Mountains - Silvretta Group

Turkey - Ida

Ukraine - Azov Upland - Carpathian Mountains

United Kingdom - Brecon Beacons - Cairngorm Mountains - Cuillin Hills - Grampian Mountains - Hercynian orogenic belt - Monadhliath Mountains - Mourne Mountains - Sperrin Mountains

 

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