Geography GEO 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kyoto Protocol, Central Uplands, Landform
16 May 2018
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Europe
• Comprised of 42 countries
• Densely settled
• Shared history
• Small region
Physical Geography
• Complex geography
• Latitudinal range
• Long history of human settlement
Landform Lowland
• Western Europe – economic focus
• Glaciation in some areas
Alpine mountains
• Spine of Europe
Central Uplands
• Older highland region
• Source of industrial raw materials
Western Highlands
• Europe’s oldest mountains
• Glaciated landscapes
• Fjords – flooded glacial carved valleys (Norway)
Seas, Rivers and Ports
• Surrounded by four seas and Atlantic Ocean
• Navigable rivers connected by canals and locks
• Numerous Ports
Europe’s Climate
• Marine West Coast
• Continental
• Mediterranean
Environmental Issues
• Agricultural, manufacturing, urbanization growth over long period of human
history
• One of the “greenest” world regions
• Coastal pollution, acid rain (Up North), Air Pollution
Climate Change
• Less sea ice, melting glaciers, rise in sea levels
• More frequent droughts
• Kyoto Protocol – buy and sell carbon emission credits to offset pollution
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