Europe Continent History, Features and Countries

The Europe continent comprises of 44 countries with area of 10,180,000 Sq.kmand it is  second smallest continent in the world behind Australia.

Europe is the most developed economically continent with the European Union as the biggest economic and political union in the world according to United Nations publicated obtained by FOB News.

Key Features

The Europe continent can be divided into four major physical regions and they are western uplands, north European plain, central uplands, and Alpine mountains.

Europe continent is surrounded by water-bodies with sources from Arctic Ocean in the north, Atlantic Ocean in the west, and Mediterranean Sea in the south.

The continent is separated from Asia by Caspian Sea and Ural mountains: Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark are together called 'Scandinavia.

Countries of Europe Continent

The list of the 44 member countries in Europe

1. Russia
2. Germany
3. United Kingdom
4. France
5. Italy
6. Spain
7. Ukraine
8. Poland
9. Romania
10. Netherlands
11. Belgium
12. Czech Republic (Czechia)
13. Greece
14. Portugal
15. Sweden
16. Hungary
17. Belarus
18. Austria
19. Serbia
20. Switzerland
21. Bulgaria
22. Denmark
23. Finland
24. Slovakia
25. Norway
26. Ireland
27. Croatia
28. Moldova
29. Bosnia and Herzegovina
30. lbania
31. Lithuania
32. North Macedonia
33. Slovenia
34. Latvia
35. Estonia
36. Montenegro
37. Luxembourg
38. Malta
39. Iceland
40. Andorra
41. Monaco
42. Liechtenstein
43. San Marino
44. Holy See

Other territories are

• Channel Islands
• Isle of Man
• Faeroe Islands
• Gibraltar