Geography of European Continent

 Geography of the European Continent

The Continent of Europe is entirely located mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere and in the Northern Hemisphere. Geographically Continent of the Europe is the 6^th largest Continent presenting them with different kind of cultures in the world. It is divided into 44 countries. Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, its Atlantic Ocean to the west side, the  Mediterranean to the south side. And Asia is to the east side, Continent of Europe is comprises and covers the most part of Eurasia in the western . It is the 6th largest continent in the world with number of states and countries.

Because and by of the watershed divides the Caucasus mountains and Ural Continent of Europe is commonly considered to be separated from the Continent of Asia , the Caspian and the Ural Rivers, the waterways of the Turkish and the Seas of black Straits. Although the term "continent" implies physical geography, the land border is somewhat arbitrary and has been redefined several times since its first conception in Classical Antiquity. The division of Eurasia into two continents reflects East and West ethnic differences, linguistic, traditions and culture, which is varied on the basis of spectrum rather than with a sharp dividing lines of the border .Geographically the borders and the areas between the continent of Europe and Asia does not follow any state. Boundaries : 

Russia ,Georgia , Azerbaijan, and Kazkistan are the transcontinental countries. Portugal, France, Spain, the Netherland, and the United Kingdom are also transcontinental in that there main portion is in Europe while the pockets of their territory are located in the other Continents in the world.

Continent of Europe covers about 2% of the total Earth's surface with (6.8% of land area) 10,180,000 square kilometers (3,930,000 sq mi), or. Continent of Europe is Politically distributed and divided into about the Russian’s fifty sovereign states that is the huge, tremendous, largest and the most populous, in the continent spanning 39% and comprising 15% of its population. Continent’s Europe population according to the population’s survey and senses approximately had its 741.5 million total population that is about 11% of the overall world population as of 2018.The Climate of the Europe is largely affected by the warm Atlantic currents that temper summers and winters on much of the continent, even at latitudes along which the Asian and North America climate is severe. Further from perspective of the sea, the seasonal differences are highly noticeable than close to the coast.

The Continent of Europe, in particular ancient Rome and ancient Greece, was the birthplace of Western civilization. Western Roman Empire’s fall in 476 Ad and the subsequent migration period marked the begging of the middle ages and the end of the ancient history. Art, exploration Renaissance humanism, and the Science led to the new and modern era. Since the age of the discovery is started by Spain and Portugal, Continent of the Europe played a vital and predominant role in the globally affairs. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, almost all of the majority of the Asia, Oceania and the minority of the Africa are controlled by the European powers.

The subsequent French Revolution, the age of enlightenment and the Wars and battles of the Napoleonic shaped the continent economically, Socially, politically and culturally from the end of the 17th century until the first half of the 19th century. At the end of the 18^th century, in Great Britain began the industrial Revolution, that gave rise to Social changes, radical economic and the cultural changes eventually in the wider world and in the Western Europe. Both big world wars between the countries in the world took place for the most part in Europe, that is contributing to a decline in Western European dominance in the affairs of the world by the Mid-20th century as the United States and the Soviet Union took prominence. During the times of the Cold war, the Continent of Europe was separated and  divided along  with the Iron Curtain between Warsaw Pact in the East and the NATO in the West, until the fall of the BARLIN wall And the revolution of the 1989.

Council of the Europe was founded in 1949, following a speech by Sir Winston Churchill, with the idea of to achieve the common goals by the Europe. And It includes the all European states except for Vatican City, Kazkistan and Belarus City.

Further European Union (EU) formed in result of the integration of the some European states that led to the formation of the (EU), that is a separate political entity that lies between a Confederation and a Federation.EU has been expanding eastward but EU originated in Western Europe since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.The currency used in the EU is mostly the euro.