GEOG 002 Lecture 13: Geo 2 - 7_1
30 Jul 2020
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Europe is a peninsula extending off the western end of the huge eurasian continent. The perimeter of the region of europe to the north, west, and south is primarily oceanic coastline. This ocean access helped european exploration and colonization of distant places. The eastern limit of the european region is taken to be the eastern border of the eu. The basic pattern is mountains, uplands, and lowlands, all stretching roughly west to east in wide bands. Largest and highest mountain chain, the alps, runs west to east through the middle of the continent, from southern france through switzerland and austria. Mainly the result of pressure from the collision of the northward-moving. Extending northward from the central alpine zone is a band of low-lying hills and. African plate with the southeasterly moving eurasian plate. plateaus curving from dijon (france) through frankfurt (germany) to krakow (poland). Form a transitional zone between the high mountains and lowlands of the.
