EUROPE RHINE

SOURCE:

Alps (Switzerland), south of Lake Constance

OUTFLOW: north Sea.

·         It flow in the rift valley through Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Netherlands where the delta is located.

·         From the city of Brussels it turns north and serves as the Boundary between France and Germany.

·         Cities located: Mannheim, Ludwig, Shafen, Heidelberg, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Dusseldorf, and Cologne. Four are on important Rhine tributaries – Essen on the Ruhr, Wuppertal on the Upper. Frankfurt on the Main, and Stuttgart on the Neckar, Bonn (Germany) and Rotterdam (Netherland).

·         The busiest inland water way of Europe.

IMPORTANT MOUNTAINS

KJOLEN MOUNTAIN

·         Running in north-south direction along the border of Norway and Sweden.

PENNINE

·         The central upland region of Great Britain.

CANTABARIAN

·         Mountain chain lying in northern Spain.

PYRENEES

·         Runs along the southern bolder of France.

·         Separates France from Spain.

·         Extends in east-west direction.

SIERRA MORENA, SIERRA NEVADA

·         The Guadalquivir river drains between these two mountain chains of Spain.

·         Sierra Nevada contains country’s highest peak Mulhacen (3,478m).