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  2. Geography of Europe - Wikipedia

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    In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the Baltic Sea. Three smaller peninsulas— Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland.

  3. Geology of Europe - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Europe - Wikipedia

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    In classical Greek mythology, Europa(Ancient Greek: Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē) was a Phoenicianprincess. One view is that her name derives from the Ancient Greekelements εὐρύς(eurús) 'wide, broad', and ὤψ(ōps, gen.ὠπός, ōpós) 'eye, face, countenance', hence their composite Eurṓpēwould mean 'wide-gazing' or 'broad of aspect'.

  5. Cartography - Wikipedia

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    Cartography (/ kɑːrˈtɒɡrəfi /; from Ancient Greek: χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can be modeled in ways that ...

  6. Continental Europe - Wikipedia

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    Continental Europe. Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands. [1] It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, [2][3] – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by some, simply as the Continent. [4] When Eurasia is regarded as a single ...

  7. Carpathian Mountains - Wikipedia

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    Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians (/ kɑːrˈpeɪθiənz /) are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly 1,500 km (930 mi) long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and the Scandinavian Mountains at 1,700 km (1,100 mi).

  8. Geography of Germany - Wikipedia

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    57,485 km 2 (22,195 sq mi) General map of Germany. Germany (German: Deutschland) is a country in Central and Western Europe [3] that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and is seventh-largest country by area in the continent.

  9. Regions of Europe - Wikipedia

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    A group of former Soviet Eastern European countries cooperating with the EU: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. European Political Community; An intergovernmental forum for political and strategic discussions about the future of Europe, with participants from 47 European countries. OECD Europe countries

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