I am continuing down a geographic rabbit hole.
We’re all mostly stuck at home, so I thought I would go traveling with my blog. Each day this week, I’m going to explore a different continent. There are now eight continents, but I’m going to cover the traditional seven. Perhaps later, I’ll explain why we added another one.
Today we are traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, a continent I desperately want to explore. I’ve been to England, Wales, and Holland, but I want to visit every country.
I’m getting my information from kids-world-travel-guide.com. I know a lot more about the history of Europe than the geography, so I learned a lot from this list. Let’s explore!
Europe Facts:
- Europe is the second smallest continent in area and the third largest in population with 742 million people. It has the highest population density
- There are 50 countries in Europe and 27 of them belong to the European Union (EU)
- Only 44 of the countries in Europe have their capital city on the European continent
- The entire continent is above the equator
- While Russia covers land on both the European and Asian continents, the European part of Russia covers more area on the continent than any other county. The second is Ukraine, and the third-largest is France
- The smallest country in both population and size, not only in Europe but in the world, is Vatican City.
- Istanbul, Turkey is the largest city with 15 million people. However, part of Istanbul is in Asia, so Moscow, Russia with 13 million people is the largest city that is entirely on the European continent
- The biggest island that is part of the European Continent is Great Britain
- The smallest town, in not only Europe but the world, is Hum, Croatia with 21 people.
- The northernmost capital city on both the European continent and in the world is Reykjavík in Iceland
- There are 18 landlocked countries in Europe. The largest is Kazakhstan.
- Liechtenstein is double landlocked because this landlocked country is surrounded by countries that are also landlocked
- The highest point in Europe is Mount Elbrus in Russia (18,510 feet) in the Caucasus mountain range
- The lowest point is the Caspian Sea at 92 feet below sea level
- The biggest lake is Lake Ladoga near Saint Petersburg, Russia
- The most visited country is France, and the most visited place is the Louvre Museum