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Encyclopedia > Mediterranean Europe

Southern Europe is a region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, after the bordering sea, the Mediterranean Sea.

Map of Europe with the southern countries highlighted

It has no precise definition but is generally taken to consist of:


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Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4077 words)
Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europe's precise borders.
Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and – according to the traditional geographic definition – to the south-east by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains (in Caucasia).
Geographically, Europe is a subcontinent in the western portion of the larger continent known as Eurasia.
Europe Overview (2352 words)
Eastern Europe consists of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the Slovak Republic.
Europe is characterized with a midlatitude west coast climate.
Europe was the first core in the world economic system and continues to play a leading role in today's core of wealthy countries.
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