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There are a number of intriguing physical features of Europe, such as the Strait of Gibraltar. Explore the some of these features in this section.
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Kiel Canal (German:Nord-Ostsee-Kanal), a German waterway connecting the North Sea and Baltic Sea. See more »
Helgoland
Helgoland, or Heligoland, a German island in the North Sea. The island is about 30 miles (48 km) off the German mainland.
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Holstein, a part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. Holstein was an ancient duchy of Germany but was ruled by the kings of Denmark.
See more »Iron Gate
Iron Gate, a narrow gorge of the Danube River on the border between Romania and Serbia and Montenegro.
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Istria, a peninsula in southern Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. A strip in the north, site of Trieste, is part of Italy; the rest is part of Croatia and Slovenia.
See more »Karelia
Karelia, a region in northwestern Russia. Karelia is bounded by Finland on the west and the White Sea on the east; elsewhere it is bordered by other sections of Russia.
See more »Kattegat
Kattegat, a body of water between Denmark and Sweden. The strait forms the central link in the chain of waters connecting the Baltic and the North Sea.
See more »Laconia
Laconia (modern Greek:Lakonía), a region in Greece once ruled by the Spartans. Laconia is in the southeastern Peloponnesus, partly isolated from the rest of the peninsula by mountains and sea.
See more »Leon
León, a region in northwestern Spain that was once a kingdom. It covers the area occupied today by the provinces of León, Salamanca, and Zamora.
See more »Low Countries
Low Countries, an area of northwestern Europe consisting of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
See more »Moravia
Moravia, (Czech: Morava, German: Mähren, mâ′ren), the eastern geographical region of the Czech Republic.
See more »Rumelia
Rumelia, the name of former Turkish lands in the Balkan peninsula. The region was largely composed of ancient Thrace and part of Macedonia.
See more »Saar
, a historic region, now the state of Saarland in Germany. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is bounded on the west and south by Luxembourg and France.
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, the part of northern Europe occupied by Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. In a narrower sense, the term refers only to the peninsula occupied by Norway and Sweden; in a broader sense, it is sometimes taken to include Finland.
See more »Simplon Pass
Simplon Pass, a pass in the Alps of southwestern Switzerland. It reaches a maximum elevation of almost 6,578 feet (2,005 m) and forms part of a principal route linking the Rhone Valley in Switzerland and the Po Valley in Italy.
See more »Skagerrak
Skagerrak, a strait in northern Europe forming part of the link between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
See more »Strait of Otranto
, a channel, 43 miles (69 km) wide, between Italy on the west and Albania on the east.
See more »The Agora
Agora, in ancient Greece, the square where the business and political life of a city was centered, similar to the Roman forum.
See more »The Albert Canal
Albert Canal, a shipping canal in Belgium. It is about 80 miles (130 km) long and runs generally northward and then northwestward.
See more »The Ardennes
Ardennes, a deeply eroded, wooded plateau lying mostly in southern Belgium and adjoining parts of Luxembourg and France.
See more »The Baltic States
Baltic States, a name generally given to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.
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