The physical geography of europe

2. The physical geography
of Europe

3. Mountains and plains
There are three main zones:
• The Great European Plain
- It stretches from the west (the Atlantic Ocean) to the east of the
continent (the Ural Mountains)
• Old mountains
- In the north and in the centre, among them, are the Pyrenees
and the Scandinavian Mountains
• Young mountains
- In the south, these include the Alps, the Apennines, the
Carpathians, the Balkan Mountains and the Caucasus Mountains

5. Rivers and lakes
Rivers flow into:
• the Arctic Ocean (the Pechora and the Northern Dvina)
- they are long with a regular course, in winter they are usually frozen
• The Atlantic Ocean ( the Seine, the Duero, the Thames)
- they are short with a high volume of water
• The Mediterranean Sea (the Po and the Rhone)
- they are short with an irregular flow
• The Caspian Sea and Black Sea (the Volga and the Danube)
- they are long and regular
- Lakes:
• for example, Lake Geneva and Lake Constance