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Europe is sometimes described as a peninsula of peninsulas surrounded by water on three sides. It encompasses 7% of the Earth's landmass and has a population of over 742 million people who primarily speak languages like Russian, German, English, French, and Italian. The ten largest European countries by area are Russia, Ukraine, France, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Norway, Poland, and Italy.

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EUROPE

Europe is sometimes described as a peninsula of peninsulas surrounded by water on three sides. It encompasses 7% of the Earth's landmass and has a population of over 742 million people who primarily speak languages like Russian, German, English, French, and Italian. The ten largest European countries by area are Russia, Ukraine, France, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Norway, Poland, and Italy.

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EUROPE

Peninsula of peninsulas
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• Europe, the sixth-largest continent globally, encompasses merely seven
percent of the Earth's landmass.
• Europe is sometimes described as a peninsula of peninsulas. A peninsula is
a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. Europe is a peninsula of
the Eurasian supercontinent and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the
north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean, Black, and
Caspian Seas to the south.
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• Area: 10,180,000 km2
• Population (2023): 742,032,084
• Religions: Christianity (76.2%), No Religion (18.3%), Islam (4.9%), Other
(0.6%)
• Languages (most common): Russian, German, English, French, Italian,
Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Dutch, Serbo-Croatian
COUNTRIES
• Russia • Netherlands • Switzerland • Moldova • Luxembourg
• Germany • Belgium • Serbia • Bosnia and • Montenegro
Herzegovina
• United Kingdom • Sweden • Bulgaria • Malta
• Albania
• France • Czech Republic • Denmark • Iceland
• Lithuania
• Italy • Greece • Slovakia • Andorra
• Slovenia
• Spain • Portugal • Finland • Liechtenstein
• North
• Poland • Hungary • Norway Macedonia • Monaco
• Ukraine • Belarus • Ireland • Latvia • San Marino
• Romania • Austria • Croatia • Estonia • Holy See
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• The ten largest countries in Europe, from largest to smallest, are Russia,
Ukraine, France, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Norway, Poland, and
Italy. Russia, the largest country in Europe and the world, ranks first, with a
total area of 17,098,242 km². Ukraine ranks second largest country in
Europe, with 603,500 km², followed by France with 551,695 km², Spain
with 505,992 km², and Sweden with 450,295 km². Germany ranks sixth
largest country in Europe, with a total area of 357,114 km², while Finland
and Norway follow as the seventh and eighth largest countries in Europe,
with 338,424 km² and 323,802 km², respectively. Poland ranks ninth largest
European country, with 312,679 km², and Italy completes the top ten list for
largest countries in Europe, with a total area of 301,336 km².
LANDFORMS
Ural Mountains
• A mountain range forming a rugged
spine in west-central Russia.
• Generally held to constitute the boundary
between Europe and Asia
• The mountains average 3,300–3,600 ft in
elevation.
• The Central and Southern Urals contain
one of the largest industrial regions of
Russia, producing metal goods,
chemicals, and machinery.
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Most European countries have access to
the ocean. The continent is bordered by
the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Atlantic
Ocean in the west, the Caspian Sea in the
southeast, and the Mediterranean and
Black Seas in the south. The nearness of
these bodies of water and the navigation
of many of Europe’s rivers played a major
role in the continent’s history. Early
Europeans learned the river systems of the
Volga, Danube, Don, Rhine, and Po, and
could successfully travel the length and
width of the small continent for trade,
communication, or conquest.
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The exploration and navigation beyond
Europe's borders were integral to the
continent's economic, social, linguistic, and
political evolution. European explorers
played a crucial role in colonizing land on
every continent except Antarctica,
profoundly influencing the economic and
political development of both the colonized
regions and Europe itself.
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In the eastern part, Europe is separated
from Asia by the Ural Mountains, with
Russia and Kazakhstan spanning both
continents. The Kjølen Mountains run
along the northern border of Sweden and
Norway, while to the south, the Alps
create an arc from Albania to Austria,
continuing through Switzerland and
northern Italy into France. The Alps stand
out as the youngest and steepest mountain
range in Europe.
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• The European Plain is one of the
largest and most extensive
lowland areas in Europe, covering
a substantial portion of the
continent.
• It extends westward from the
Atlantic coast of France through
Belgium, the Netherlands,
Germany, Poland, and further east
into Ukraine and western Russia,
ultimately reaching the Ural
Mountains.
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Most of Western Europe has
an Oceanic climate,
featuring cool to warm
summers and cool winters
with frequent overcast skies.
Southern Europe has a
distinctively Mediterranean
climate, which features
warm to hot, dry summers
and cool to mild winters and
frequent sunny skies.

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