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KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / EUROPE / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

·      Europe is the sixth largest continent

·      Europe’s relative location at the heart of the land hemisphere is one of the maximum efficiency for contact with the rest of the world

·      Its boundaries are the Arctic Ocean in the west and the Mediterranean Sea in the South. In the east, it is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains, the Caucasus mountains and the Caspian Sea

·      Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark are collectively known as Scandinavia

·      Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are together known as the Baltic states

·      Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg are called the Low countries

·      Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Albania are known as the Balkan states

·      British Isles include the two main islands of Ireland (comprising Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic) and Great Britain (Scotland, Wales and England) as well as a number of small islands

·      In the south, there is a chain of high mountains the Alpine system

·      The world’s most northerly capital : Reykjavik, Iceland

·      Reykjavik is also known as The Smoking Bay

·      Denmark is the smallest country of Scandinavia.

·      Greenland the world’s largest island and the Faroe islands also belong to Denmark

·      Copenhagen the capital of Denmark is known as the key to the Baltic

·      Finland is known as the Land of Forests and Lakes

·      Finland is a low lying country covered with forests and lakes and its finish name, Suomi means ‘Lakeland’

·      The capital and the largest city of Finland, Helsinki is known as the White city of the North

·      Stockholm, the capital of Sweden is known as Beauty on the sea

·      Milan (Italy) is known as the Manchester of Italy

·      Rome is known as City of Seven Hills

·      Vatican City is the smallest Sovereign and an independent state of the world, which is completely surrounded by Italy

·      Switzerland is a land locked mountainous country of Central Europe, with 60% of land area covered by the Alps Mountain

·      Antwerp has ancient civilization in diamond cutting and also the world’s biggest diamond trading center

·      The United Kingdom consists of the Island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and many small Islands

·      Russia touches fourteen other countries and crosses eight time zones

·      Moscow is a part of five seas the Baltic Sea, Lake Ladoga, the Arctic Ocean, the Black sea and the Caspian Sea

·      St.Petersburg is the strategic location at the entrance of Baltic Sea and is the European terminus of Trans-Siberian Railway

·      Vladivostok (City of East), Russia situated along the coast of Sea of Japan is the last station of Trans-Siberian Railway Route.

·      Wide continental shelves of North Sea, called as Dogger Bank, is one of the most productive regions for fishing in the world

·      North Sea is connected to the Baltic Sea through Kiel Canal

·      Strait of Gibralter is known as the Key to the Mediterranean

·      Monte Carlo, one of the biggest gambling centers in the world is the capital of Monaco

·      Mt. Blanc is the highest peak of Alps (in France)

·      Important mountain ranges of Europe include Alps, Pyrenees, the Carpathian and the Caucasus

·      The highest mountain peak of Europe, Mt. Elbrus in the Caucasus

·      In the South – East part of Europe, there is an extensive grassland called the Steppes

·      Rhine is the busiest inland waterway of Europe

·      British Isles is separated from the mainland of Europe by the English Channel

·      The Pyrenees mountains separate France from Spain

·      The Ruhr (Germany) is the biggest and the richest coal producing area of Europe

·      An active volcano on northeastern Sicily-Mount Etna. It is among the world’s largest active volcanoes and is the highest in Europe

·      The highest mountain in Greece-Mount Olympus

·      The Ural mountains, the Ural river and the Caspian Sea divide Russia into European and Asiatic parts

·      Moscow is the largest railway junction

·      Murmansk is the only ice-free port among the Arctic Ocean route to Vladivostok

·      Europe is the only inhabited continent situated entirely outside the tropics

·      The most northerly city in the world is Hammerfast (Norway)

·      The famous Battle of Waterloo was fought on the soil of Belgium

·      The best known industry of Amsterdam is diamond cutting

·      Mt. Stromboli is known as the light house of the Mediterranean

·      Italy is home to the greatest number of sites on UNESCO’s world heritage list: 44

·      The world’s biggest book fair is the Frankfurt book fair

·      The oldest republic in the world is San Marino    

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