Europe
Europe is one of the smallest continents on the planet, being attached to Eurasia. The temperate climate found in most of the European territory produces hot and warm winters and summers.
Many centuries ago, modern people wiped out the tribes inhabiting this part of the continent, which marked the beginning of European civilization. According to some historical data, Europe was the name given to the daughter of the Phoenician king Agenora and Telephassa, who later became the wife of Zeus as a result of her abduction.
Europe is washed by two oceans (Arctic and Atlantic) and three seas (Mediterranean, Black and Caspian). From the east, Europe is supported by the Ural Mountains. There are many peninsulas and islands near the mainland. The continent’s shores stretch for thirty-eight thousand kilometers. Europe covers an area of about ten million square kilometers. The climate here invariably varies, depending on the territory, from temperate to subtropical.
Europe on the map
Old world – united Europe
In Europe, the longest river flows through Russia, and this is the Volga. But it is not the only one, due to the fact that there is a large list of different rivers that are part of the European river system. There are also a huge number of beautiful lakes on the continent. The most popular are Ladoga, Chudskoye and Onega, which are located in Russia, and Lake Vänern in Sweden, Lake Balton in Hungary and others. Seventeen percent of Europe is occupied by mountains, such as the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Carpathians, the Caucasus, the Urals and even later. Mount Elbrus, located in the Russian Federation, is the highest, its height is approximately six thousand meters.
The number of people in Europe living on the continent exceeds eight hundred and forty-two million people. Quite a lot, in other words Europeans, inhabit the Eastern European part. The population of Europe is usually classified as the Caucasian race, which includes smaller races, there are only five of them – Atlanto-Baltic, Central European, Balkan-Caucasian, Indo-Mediterranean and White Sea-Baltic. At the moment, Europe includes fifty-six countries, of which six are unrecognized republics. The largest is the Russian Federation, and the very small is the Vatican.
Composition of Europe
Europe is often divided into five regions, which are divided into seven subregions. Scandinavia is the territory where the peoples of Icelanders, Norwegians, Swedes, Danes and Finns are located. The British Isles are inhabited by the Irish and Great British, and the French, Belgians, Dutch, and peoples of the states of Luxembourg and Monaco settled in Western Europe. Southern and central Europe was inhabited by peoples of the Portuguese, Spaniards, Italians, Germans, Swiss, Austrians and even later. Southeastern and Eastern Europe consists mainly of the peoples of the countries of Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and many other countries.
