Europe , the planets sixth largest continent includes 50 countries and part of the peninsula of Eurasia .
Latitude 35°N and 73° N
Longitude 25° W and 65° E
Ocean and Seas : Atlantic ocean , Arctic ocean , Mediterranean sea , North Sea , Norwegian sea , Baltic Sea , Gulf of Bothnia , Gulf of Finland , Bay of Biscay ,Aegean sea , Adriatic sea
*Straits : straits of Gibraltar
Island : british isles , Iceland , Sardinia , Sicily , Crete
Greenland : the world s largest island belongs to Denmark
Europe is situated between Ural mountains in the East and Atlantic ocean in the West , of Asia and north of Africa . To the north of Europe lies artic ocean , to the south lies the Mediterranean sea , the black sea and Caucasus mountain and to the east Ural mountains and to the Caspian sea .
Balkan States : it is a group of 9 countries namely Serbia and Montenegro , Solovenia , Croatia , Bosnia Herzegovina , Macedonia , Bulgaria , Greece , Romania and Albania . How ever Montenegro became an independent state in 2006 .
Baltic state : it is a group of three countries namely Estonia , Lithuania and Latvia
Iceland , Norway , Sweden and Denmark are collectively called as Scandinavian countries
United kingdom is the Nam given to combustion of great Britain and north ireland . Great Britain consists of English , Scotland and Wales .
{...Important Gulf and Bays...}
Gulf of Bothnia - Sweden and Finland
English channel - Britain and France
Gulf of lions - south of France
Bay of Biscay - France and Spain
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Europeans belong to the white race known as the Caucasian race .
There are three distinctive people in Europe : the Nordic people , the Mediterranean and the mongoloid race .
English , franch , spanish and Portuguese are most influence languages . Maximum number of people belong to Christianity .
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Both intensive and extensive cultivation are done in Europe with a great variety of crops due to the occurrence of different kinds of soil and climate .On the steppes , wheat , sugar beet and sum flowers are the major crops , whereas in Mediterranean region , fruit cattle , sheep and pigs are reared for meat , milk and it's product
The continental shelf areas around Europe including Dogger bank are major fishing zone .
Russia is the largest country of the world and the highest populated country of Europe .
Vatican city in Rome , Italy is the smallest country of the world term of area and popation
UK is one of the most industrialised nation of the world , through it lacks the rear material . It is self - sufficient in petrol .
