western europe

climate

natural resorces

land forms

water ways

the dutch built dykes keep water out so people can gain land

the land the dutch claim is called polders

Western Europe has many important natural resources. Layers of coal lie beneath rich, fertile soils. Beneath the North Sea are large pockets of oil and natural gas. Western Europeans use these natural resources to support their economies and populations.

The Northern European Plain has some of the richest soils in Europe so people can farm there. Soils of the Northern European Plain contain humus. Humus is decomposed plant and animal material that makes soils rich and fertile, and is good for growing crops and raising livestock

France and England are connected through the under ground chunnel.

oil and natural gas is from the north sea

danube river starts in germany

siene river france

thames river london

Most places that have a marine west coast climate have mountain ranges running from north-south along the coast

Mediterranean climate is mild in winter and summers are cool

north European plain

pyranees mountains

western Europe countries

U.K

France

Germany

Belguim

Netherlands

luxembourg

switzerland

austria

monica

liechtenstien

alps mountains

rhone river bottom of france next to monica

rhine river in germany

Coal was used to fuel machines invented during the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s.

in most of the British Isles is deciduous forest, which includes trees such as oak, maple, beech, and chestnut, that lose their leaves in autumn. The climate on the mainland of Europe is more diverse than the climate of the British Isles.

Coniferous trees, such as fir and pine trees, have cones and needle-shaped leaves, and they keep their leaves during the winter. Many peaks in the Alps and Pyrenees lie above the tree line.

Other countries in Western Europe use their rivers to supply energy. Switzerland, for example, uses its fast-flowing rivers to produce electricity. Hydroelectricity supplies more than half of Switzerland’s electricity needs

In places where other fuels are scarce, Europeans burn peat.

Ireland

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The Gulf Stream then flows across the Atlantic Ocean, where its eastern extension, the North Atlantic Current, approaches the European coast. The current’s warm water heats the air above it. This warm, moist air moves inland on the Westerlies and brings mild temperatures and rain to most of Western Europe throughout the year.