European Terrain Descriptions

**Terrain Descriptions of Europe**
Guide Books URL	Description	Terrain Description	Latitude News	Longitude Weather
Albania	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro	mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast	41 00 N	20 00 E
Andorra	Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain	rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys	42 30 N	1 30 E
Austria	Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia	in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping	47 20 N	13 20 E
Belarus	Eastern Europe, east of Poland	generally flat and contains much marshland	53 00 N	28 00 E
Belgium	Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands	flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast	50 50 N	4 00 E
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia	mountains and valleys	44 00 N	18 00 E
Bulgaria	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey	mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast	43 00 N	25 00 E
Croatia	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia	geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands	45 10 N	15 30 E
Cyprus	Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey	central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast	35 00 N	33 00 E
Czech Republic	Central Europe, southeast of Germany	Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country	49 45 N	15 30 E
Denmark	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany	low and flat to gently rolling plains	56 00 N	10 00 E
Estonia	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia	marshy, lowlands	59 00 N	26 00 E
Faroe Islands	Northern Europe, island group between the Norwegian Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway	rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast	62 00 N	7 00 W
Finland	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia	mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills	64 00 N	26 00 E
France	Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain	mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east	46 00 N	2 00 E
Germany	Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark	lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south	51 00 N	9 00 E
Gibraltar	Southwestern Europe, bordering the Strait of Gibraltar, which links the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southern coast of Spain	a narrow coastal lowland borders the Rock of Gibraltar	36 11 N	5 22 W
Greece	Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey	mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands	39 00 N	22 00 E
Guernsey	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France	mostly level with low hills in southwest	49 28 N	2 35 W
Holy See (Vatican City)	Southern Europe, an enclave of Rome (Italy)	low hill	41 54 N	12 27 E
Hungary	Central Europe, northwest of Romania	mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border	47 00 N	20 00 E
Iceland	Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK	mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords	65 00 N	18 00 W
Ireland	Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain	mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast	53 00 N	8 00 W
Italy	Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia	mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands	42 50 N	12 50 E
Jan Mayen	Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the Norwegian Sea, northeast of Iceland	volcanic island, partly covered by glaciers	71 00 N	8 00 W
Jersey	Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France	gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast	49 15 N	2 10 W
Latvia	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania	low plain	57 00 N	25 00 E
Liechtenstein	Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland	mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third	47 10 N	9 32 E
Lithuania	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia	lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil	56 00 N	24 00 E
Luxembourg	Western Europe, between France and Germany	mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast	49 45 N	6 10 E
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	Southeastern Europe, north of Greece	mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River	41 50 N	22 00 E
Malta	Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy)	mostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs	35 50 N	14 35 E
Man, Isle of	Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland	hills in north and south bisected by central valley	54 15 N	4 30 W
Moldova	Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania	rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea	47 00 N	29 00 E
Monaco	Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, on the southern coast of France, near the border with Italy	hilly, rugged, rocky	43 44 N	7 24 E
Netherlands Antilles	Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany	mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast	52 30 N	5 45 E
Norway	Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden	glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north	62 00 N	10 00 E
Poland	Central Europe, east of Germany	mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border	52 00 N	20 00 E
Portugal	Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain	mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south	39 30 N	8 00 W
Romania	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine	central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps	46 00 N	25 00 E
Russia	Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is sometimes included with Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean	broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions	60 00 N	100 00 E
San Marino	Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy	rugged mountains	43 46 N	12 25 E
Serbia and Montenegro	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina	extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient mountains and hills; to the southwest, extremely high shoreline with no islands off the coast	44 00 N	21 00 E
Slovakia	Central Europe, south of Poland	rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south	48 40 N	19 30 E
Slovenia	Southeastern Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia	a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountain and valleys with numerous rivers to the east	46 00 N	15 00 E
Spain	body of water between 60 degrees south latitude and Antarctica	large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north	40 00 N	4 00 W
Svalbard	Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana	wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts	78 00 N	20 00 E
Sweden	Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa	mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west	62 00 N	15 00 E
Switzerland	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway	mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes	47 00 N	8 00 E
Ukraine	Eastern Africa, west of Kenya	most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south	49 00 N	32 00 E
United Kingdom	Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia	mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast	54 00 N	2 00 W