Europe(Largest continents of world)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;"> United kingdom</span></span></h2> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">London </span></span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">London is the capital of the United Kingdom and its largest city by far, with a population of about 7.2 million. People have settled here for thousands of years, but the city of London began with the Roman city of Londinium. </span></span><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-jCecyTtY76s7x71fiJuUWZKBJhkKv_utqWuVVacaPSnmZ1QpAPDBDHMRMLKjbduJ160Hp9dhRKbmiytkxREYlBVRKwBv65e4MFCmminTfg3qPU8J2lqN1p2I5MHoS_hBQ3rPEn2x9o/s1600/london.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="158" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA-jCecyTtY76s7x71fiJuUWZKBJhkKv_utqWuVVacaPSnmZ1QpAPDBDHMRMLKjbduJ160Hp9dhRKbmiytkxREYlBVRKwBv65e4MFCmminTfg3qPU8J2lqN1p2I5MHoS_hBQ3rPEn2x9o/s1600-rw/london.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">London</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The british empire</span></span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Throughout the 1800s London was the world’s biggest city, with a million people, and the hub of the world’s largest empire, the British <span style="color: #274e13;">Empire. </span></span></span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ancient cities of London </span></span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> London is based on two ancient cities: </span></span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The city of London </span></span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The City of London, which developed from the Roman and Saxon towns, and Westminster, which developed around the palaces of English kings around 1000 years ago. 500,000 factory workers, but most people work in services, such as publishing and other media. London is one of the worlds major finance centres.  Eight million tourists visit London each year. </span></span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mountain range of Europe </span></span> </span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;">Much of southern Europe has piled up into young mountain ranges, as Africa drifts north. The highest point in Europe is Mt Elbrus in the Russian Caucasus, 5642 m high.Northwest Europe was once joined to Canada. The ancient Caledonian mountains of eastern Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia and Scotland were formed together as a single<b> mountain</b> chain 360-540 million years ago. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Alps are Europe’s largest mountain range, 1050 km long, up to 250 km wide and covering 210,000 sq km. </span></span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Highest alpine (Mountaine) peak</span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The highest Alpine(<a href="http://educational-wealth.blogspot.com/2014/03/worlds-mountains.html" target="_blank">mountain</a>) peak is Mont Blanc (4807 m) on the France-Italy border. Famous peaks include the Matterhorn (4634 m) and Monte Rosa (4807 m) on the Swiss-Italian border. The Alps began to form about 65 million years ago when the African crustal plate shifted into Europe. </span></span><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19rD7KVXd5p84YLd7DCkUI-AR1L8lrunfcKKaKyIMA7bMPUDjPVgYXUoyLfw6bCgxWPM7uKna5AdYWLg5TWUshDWjr0XsQohgg9rdWeHI5T6R6eGOA3mGNrwgc8pZDp1Ob6EfNLbv4bc/s1600/mountaains.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="185" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19rD7KVXd5p84YLd7DCkUI-AR1L8lrunfcKKaKyIMA7bMPUDjPVgYXUoyLfw6bCgxWPM7uKna5AdYWLg5TWUshDWjr0XsQohgg9rdWeHI5T6R6eGOA3mGNrwgc8pZDp1Ob6EfNLbv4bc/s1600-rw/mountaains.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alps of Europe</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Alps are the source of many of Europe’s major<b> <a href="http://educational-wealth.blogspot.com/2014/02/worlds-rivers.html" target="_blank">river</a>s</b> such as the Rhone, Po and Danube. Warm, dry winds called fdhns blow down leeward slopes, melting snow and starting avalanches. The high Alpine pastures are famous for their summer grazing for dairy cows. In winter, the cows come down into the valleys. This is called transhumance. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Alps are being worn away by human activity. In valleys, <a href="http://educational-wealth.blogspot.com/2014/03/worlds-mountains.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;">cities</span></b></a> and factories are growing, while skiing wears away the slopes at the tops of the mountains. The Alps have Europe’s highest vineyards, 1500 m up.  </span></span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;">Weather of Europe </span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"> Europe is a small continent but its peninsulas warm summers and mild winters. Europe is often wet and windy. <a href="http://educational-wealth.blogspot.com/2014/03/wind.html" target="_blank">Wind </a>blows here on mild rate.It has very mild winters because it is bathed by the warm North <b>Atlantic</b> Drift . The Russian islands of Novaya Zimlya are far into the <b>Arctic</b> Circle and are icebound in winter. </span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;">Largest lake in Europe</span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"> The largest <b>lake</b> is Ladoga iussia, 18,389 sq km. Europe is the smallest continent, with an area of just 10,400,000 sq km. For its size Europe has an immensely long coastline.</span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glaciated mountains in Europe </span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"> In the north are the ancient<b> glaciated </b>mountains of Scandinavia and Scotland, which were once much, much higher. </span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;">Population of Europe </span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"> About 730 million people live in Europe - about 12 percent of the world’s population. Europe is one of the most densely populated continents averaging 70 people per square kilometre. Most Europeans are descended from tribes who migrated into Europe more than 1500 years ago. Most British people are descended from a mix of Celts, Angles, Saxons, Danes and others. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Most French people are descended from Gauls and Franks. Most Eastern Europeans are Slavic. North Europeans such as Scandinavians often have fair skin and blonde hair. South Europeans such as Italians often have olive skin and dark hair. Most European countries have a mix of people from all parts of the world, including former European colonies in<a href="http://educational-wealth.blogspot.com/2014/03/antarticaafrica-worlds-largest-continent.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: red;"> Africa </span></b></a>and <a href="http://educational-wealth.blogspot.com/2014/03/asia-worlds-largest-continents.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Asia</b></span></a>.</span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;">Religion of Europe </span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"> Most Europeans are <b> Christians. </b></span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Language of Europe </span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;">Most Europeans speak an Indo-European language, such as English, French or Russian. Languages like French, Spanish and Italian are romance languages that come from Latin, language of the Romans. Basque people in Spain speak a language related to no other language. Hungarians, Finns and Estonians speak a Uralic- Altaic language like those of Turkey and Mongolia.</span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dress of Europe </span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"> Traditional lace caps and full skirts are still worn in a few regions of the Netherlands, including the islands of Zeeland. </span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Buildings of Europe </span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;"> London’s tallest building is 244 m Canary Wharf tower.  The London Eye is the biggest wheel in the world, giving people a bird’s eye view over London. </span><br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tower of London </span></span></h3> <span style="font-size: large;">London’s oldest large buildings are the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey, both 1000 years old. The Tower of London was built for William the Conqueror. </span></div>

Europe(Largest continents of world)

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