Europe

• Europe is the sixth largest continent in size and the third largest in population. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Asia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the West. Europe is a wealthy continent and is the center of the West and Western Democracy. 
• Europe has been the home to some of the Earth’s greatest civilizations from Ancient Greece to the Roman Empire. It is also the home to the birth of democracy. Europe has been the central point of two of the biggest wars in modern history: World War I and World War II. Recently Europe has united under the common union called the European Union. This union allows independent European countries to have a single currency and to combine their economic and military power.

Population: 738,199,000 (Source: 2010 United Nations)

Area: 3,930,000 square miles

Ranking: It is the sixth largest and third most populous continent

Major Biomes: temperate forest, grasslands

Major cities:

• Moscow, Russia
• London, United Kingdom
• St Petersburg, Russia
• Berlin, Germany
• Madrid, Spain
• Rome, Italy
• Kiev, Ukraine
• Paris, France
• Bucharest, Romania
• Budapest, Hungary

Bordering Bodies of Water: Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea

Major Rivers and Lakes: Danube River, Elbe River, Loire River, Po River, Rhine River, Volga River, Ladoga Lake, Onega Lake, Lake Geneva, Lake Como

Major Geographical Features: Alps, Ural Mountains, Pyrenees, Carpathian Mountains, Apennines, Massif Central plateau, North European Plain, the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, Iberian Peninsula