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The geology of Europe is varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent, from the Scottish Highlands to the rolling plains of Hungary. Europe's most significant feature is the dichotomy between highland and mountainous Southern Europe and a vast, partially underwater, northern plain ranging from ...
This is a list of named geological features on Europa, a moon of the planet Jupiter. Craters and lineae are listed on separate pages: list of craters on Europa and list of lineae on Europa . Cavi
Pull-apart basin – Type of basin in geology; Quarry – A place from which a geological material has been excavated from the ground; Rift – Part of a volcano where a set of linear cracks form; Sea cave – Cave formed by the wave action of the sea and located along present or former coastlines
The coast of Europe is heavily indented with bays and gulfs, as here in Greece. Europe's most significant geological feature is the dichotomy between the highlands and mountains of Southern Europe and a vast, partially underwater, northern plain ranging from Great Britain in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east.
Pages in category "Geologic formations of Europe" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. .
As with other geological phenomena, orogenies are often subject to revised interpretations of their age, type and associated paleogeography. In some (especially older) literature, the term orogeny refers to a long episode of basin formation and deposition of sediments over hundreds of millions of years, ending with deformation (sometimes ...
The Eurasian plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Asia and Europe), with the notable exceptions of the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, and the area east of the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia.
Geology of the United Kingdom (21 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Geology of Europe by country" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.