World Regional Geography GEG 101 ONLINE! Unit 3 Video Summaries / Review

REALMS

• Europe
• Russia
• North America
• Austral and the Pacific

EUROPE

World Geography: Overview of Europe(5:11)

This clip explores the regions of Europe and Russia and examines how such a small continent supports so a large population.

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/12236-world-geography-overview-of-europe-video.htm

• NOTE: the video discusses the European CONTINENT which is larger than the European Realm
• second smallest continent
• eastern border of the European continent is the Ural mountains in Russia
• on north, west, and south Europe is bordered by water
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Mediterranean, Blck, and Caspian Seas
• densely populated
• highly urbanized
• "favorable geography"
  • 1/3 arable
  • northen forests
  • mild climated do to the ocian gulf stream
  • many rivers for transportaion and trade
• Alpine Mountain system to the south
  • Pyrenees, Alps, Carpathians, Balkan
  • run east-west
• tundra in far north
• subtropical in the far south
• often divided Eastern and Western Europe
• Eastern Europe was once mostly communist and many countries were a part of the Soviet Union
• taiga in northern Russia
• Europe is mostly temperate climate (C climate)

   

RUSSIA

European Geography: Russia (3:52)

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/9484-european-geography-russia-video.htm

NORTH AMERICA

North America: Land and Resources (20:00)

Viewing the North American continent as one vast region, this visually outstanding program takes viewers on a panoramic journey that recognizes geographic rather than national boundaries.

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/20732-north-america-land-and-resources-video.htm

AUSTRAL and the PACIFIC

Geography of Oceania: Land and Resources (23:48)

This program explores the landforms, climates, natural vegetation and agricultural resources of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/13477-geography-of-oceania-land-and-resources-video.htm

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