Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Sea Level Rise Maps

This is how continents will look if all the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet. Creating new shorelines, one of the effects of sea level rise.

Europe

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

What European Countries Looks Like?

Creative interpretations of the shape of European countries.

Finland as a woman

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Comparison of European Bailout Packages

Comparing the bailout packages of troubled euro zone countries.

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In addition, an easy-to-understand article about failed banks:
Bailouts, Bail-ins, Haircuts and All That: Program Notes for the Cyprus Banking Drama  

Source: reddit europe

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Monday, January 14, 2013

Extent of German Occupation in World War 2

Europe and the maximum extent of German occupation.

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 Collins Australian Clear School Atlas, Europe.  Published 1940. Overprinted 1945.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Northern Africa, 1934

Northern Africa, Europe and the Middle East, 1934

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Sunday, December 23, 2012

European Overseas Territories

European Union overseas countries and territories and outermost regions.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Pictures Of Earth At Night

Pictures of Earth at night made by NASA's Suomi NPP satellite.
Earth’s city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite. The data was acquired over nine days in April 2012 and 13 days in October 2012. It took 312 orbits to get a clear shot of every parcel of Earth's land surface and islands. (Source: Nasa)
Composite map of the world assembled from data acquired by
the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Europe Climate Map

Map of climate in Europe.
The climate of Europe is of a temperate, continental nature, with a maritime climate prevailing on the western coasts and a Mediterranean climate in the south. The climate is strongly conditioned by the Gulf Stream, which keeps mild air over the high latitude northwestern region over the winter months, especially in Ireland, the UK and coastal Norway. (wp)
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Interactive Maps of Europe

Interactive and other maps Europe.
Europe is a peninsula that makes up the western fifth of the Eurasian landmass. Its maritime borders are made up of the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas to the south. (Wikipedia)
Interactive road map of Europe with shaded relief and distances.


Interactive political map of Europe for childrens.


Zoomable map of European rail network.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Eastern Europe Map

Countries of Eastern Europe.
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region". A related United Nations paper adds that "every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct"  (Wikipedia)

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Southern Europe Map

Old physical map of Southern Europe (1935) with Balkan Peninsula and Italian Peninsula. Southern Europe is a region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, after the bordering sea, the Mediterranean Sea. 

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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Europe Countries Map

Political map of Europe with countries and shaded relief. Europe is the world's second smallest continent, being slightly larger than Oceania. In terms of population it is the second biggest continent after Asia.
 
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Friday, June 1, 2012

Central Europe Map

Political and road map of Central Europe.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Asia and Europe Map

Physical map of Eurasia. Eurasia refers to the combined land mass of Europe and Asia. Eurasia is alternatively considered to be a continent, or a supercontinent composed of the continents of Europe and Asia. 

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Western Europe Geological Map

Geological map of Western and Central Europe. The Geology of Europe is hugely varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent, from the Scottish Highlands to the rolling plains of Hungary.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Europe Rail Map

Detailed rail map of Europe. Rail networks in Western and Central Europe are often well maintained and well developed, whilst Eastern and Southern Europe often have less coverage and infrastructure problems.

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