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Europe Physical Features Quiz

Tap the mountain range, peninsula, sea or river each question names.

Europe Physical Features Quiz

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Write the name of each numbered feature.Answer key

  1. Alps
  2. Mediterranean Sea
  3. Atlantic Ocean
  4. Iberian Peninsula
  5. Great Britain
  6. Scandinavian Peninsula
  7. Black Sea
  8. North Sea
  9. Pyrenees
  10. Ireland
  11. Iceland
  12. Baltic Sea
  13. Ural Mountains
  14. Danube River
  15. Rhine River
  16. Volga River
  17. Caspian Sea
  18. Balkan Peninsula
  19. Apennines
  20. Carpathian Mountains
  21. Caucasus Mountains
  22. Scandinavian Mountains
  23. North European Plain
  24. Norwegian Sea
  25. Barents Sea
  26. Dnieper River
  27. Balkan Mountains
  28. Dinaric Alps
  29. Massif Central
  30. Great Hungarian Plain
  31. Pontic-Caspian Steppe
  32. Sicily
  33. Sardinia
  34. Corsica
  35. Crete
  36. Balearic Islands
  37. Jutland
  38. Kola Peninsula
  39. Anatolia
  40. English Channel
  41. Bay of Biscay
  42. Irish Sea
  43. Adriatic Sea
  44. Aegean Sea
  45. Tyrrhenian Sea
  46. Ionian Sea
  47. Strait of Gibraltar
  48. Gulf of Bothnia
  49. Gulf of Finland
  50. Skagerrak
  51. Kattegat
  52. White Sea
  53. Sea of Azov
  54. Sea of Marmara
  55. Seine River
  56. Loire River
  57. Rhône River
  58. Po River
  59. Ebro River
  60. Tagus River
  61. River Thames
  62. Elbe River
  63. Oder River
  64. Vistula River
  65. Don River
  66. Ural River
  67. Lake Ladoga
  68. Lake Onega
  69. Lake Vänern
  70. Lake Peipus

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each feature is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a feature is answered.

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Mountains, plains and uplands 13

  1. Alps A high mountain range arching from France to Slovenia.
  2. Pyrenees A mountain range on the France–Spain border.
  3. Ural Mountains A north-south range on the conventional boundary of Europe and Asia.
  4. Apennines A mountain range running the length of peninsular Italy.
  5. Carpathian Mountains A range that arcs across Central and Southeast Europe.
  6. Caucasus Mountains A range between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
  7. Scandinavian Mountains A range running through the Scandinavian Peninsula, also called the Scandes.
  8. North European Plain Low plains south of the North Sea and Baltic coasts.
  9. Balkan Mountains A range running eastward across Bulgaria, in the eastern Balkan Peninsula.
  10. Dinaric Alps A range separating the Balkan Peninsula's interior from the Adriatic Sea.
  11. Massif Central A highland of mountains and plateaus in south-central France.
  12. Great Hungarian Plain A plain occupying most of Hungary. Also called the Alföld.
  13. Pontic-Caspian Steppe A steppe from the Black Sea's north shore to the Caspian.

Peninsulas and islands 14

  1. Iberian Peninsula A southwest European peninsula, mostly Spain and Portugal.
  2. Great Britain The largest island of Europe, off the continent's northwest coast.
  3. Scandinavian Peninsula The largest peninsula of Europe, mainly Norway and Sweden.
  4. Ireland A North Atlantic island, west of Great Britain.
  5. Iceland An island on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, between Europe and North America.
  6. Balkan Peninsula A peninsula of southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic and Black Seas.
  7. Sicily The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula.
  8. Sardinia The Mediterranean's second-largest island, west of the Italian Peninsula.
  9. Corsica A mountainous island in the Mediterranean, just north of Sardinia.
  10. Crete The largest island of Greece, south of the Peloponnese.
  11. Balearic Islands An archipelago in the western Mediterranean, near the Iberian Peninsula's east coast.
  12. Jutland A peninsula forming mainland Denmark and a part of north Germany.
  13. Kola Peninsula A peninsula in far northwest Russia, between the Barents and White Seas.
  14. Anatolia A peninsula of West Asia, also called Asia Minor.

Seas, gulfs and straits 23

  1. Mediterranean Sea A sea between Europe, Asia and Africa, almost enclosed by land.
  2. Atlantic Ocean Second in size among the five oceans.
  3. Black Sea A sea between Europe and Asia. The Danube and Dnieper feed it.
  4. North Sea A sea between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark and the mainland coast.
  5. Baltic Sea An arm of the Atlantic, enclosed by nine countries.
  6. Caspian Sea Earth's largest inland water body, also called a lake.
  7. Norwegian Sea A sea northwest of Norway, flanked by North and Greenland Seas.
  8. Barents Sea A shallow sea of the Arctic Ocean, north of Norway and Russia.
  9. English Channel An arm of the Atlantic separating southern England from northern France.
  10. Bay of Biscay A gulf of the Atlantic along western France and northern Spain.
  11. Irish Sea The sea that parts Ireland from Great Britain.
  12. Adriatic Sea The sea between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.
  13. Aegean Sea An arm of the Mediterranean between the Balkans and Anatolia.
  14. Tyrrhenian Sea Part of the Mediterranean off Italy's west coast.
  15. Ionian Sea A bay of the Mediterranean between southern Italy and western Greece.
  16. Strait of Gibraltar A narrow strait joining the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
  17. Gulf of Bothnia The Baltic Sea's northernmost arm, between Finland and Sweden.
  18. Gulf of Finland The Baltic Sea's easternmost arm, between Finland and Estonia.
  19. Skagerrak A strait between Denmark, Norway and Sweden, linking North Sea and Kattegat.
  20. Kattegat A shallow sea between Jutland and Sweden, south of the Skagerrak.
  21. White Sea A south inlet of the Barents Sea on Russia's northwest coast.
  22. Sea of Azov An inland sea joined to the Black Sea by a narrow strait.
  23. Sea of Marmara A small inland sea linking the Black Sea and the Aegean.

Rivers and lakes 20

  1. Danube River Europe's second-longest river, from Germany's Black Forest to the Black Sea.
  2. Rhine River A major river from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea.
  3. Volga River The longest river in Europe, flowing through Russia to the Caspian Sea.
  4. Dnieper River A river from Russia via Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
  5. Seine River A river of northern France, through Paris to the English Channel.
  6. Loire River The longest river in France.
  7. Rhône River A river from the Alps through Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean.
  8. Po River The longest river in Italy, flowing east across the north.
  9. Ebro River A river of northeastern Spain that ends in a Mediterranean delta.
  10. Tagus River The longest river of the Iberian Peninsula, ending at Lisbon.
  11. River Thames A river through southern England and London to the North Sea.
  12. Elbe River A river from the Czech Republic through Germany to the North Sea.
  13. Oder River A river from the Czech Republic through western Poland to the Baltic.
  14. Vistula River The longest river in Poland, draining into the Baltic Sea.
  15. Don River A river of central Russia that ends in the Sea of Azov.
  16. Ural River A river from the southern Urals to the Caspian Sea.
  17. Lake Ladoga The largest lake entirely in Europe, in northwestern Russia.
  18. Lake Onega Europe's second-largest lake, in northwestern Russia.
  19. Lake Vänern The largest lake in Sweden and in the European Union.
  20. Lake Peipus A large lake on the border between Estonia and Russia.

How this list was compiled: The 70 features, their names and their outlines come from Natural Earth 5.1.2, the map data credited under the drawing. Each name was compared with the English Wikipedia article for the feature, and every detail line was read in the opening of that article and checked 2026-10-01. Rivers are listed as rivers (Danube River) where Natural Earth prints the bare name, and the bare name is accepted as a typed answer. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_regions_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_regions_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_regions_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_regions_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_rivers_lake_centerlines (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 53°N 15°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. One place is too small to draw at this scale and shown as a dot. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This Europe physical features quiz asks 70 features on a map with no country borders: 13 mountain ranges, plains and uplands, 14 peninsulas and islands, 23 seas, gulfs and straits, 16 rivers and 4 lakes.

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A Europe map physical features quiz in five sets

The quiz opens on the big features, 26 of them in three short rounds: the Alps, the Mediterranean Sea, the Iberian Peninsula, the Danube. The button at the end of a round leads to the next one, and Start from lists the other four sets: mountains and plains, peninsulas and islands, seas, rivers and lakes. Each set zooms the map to its own part of Europe.

Where shaded areas overlap

The Pyrenees lie on the Iberian Peninsula and the Scandinavian Mountains on the Scandinavian Peninsula. A tap counts for the shape on top, so for a peninsula tap away from its mountains. Corsica, Crete, the four lakes and the shortest rivers are answered at a ring beside them.

  • Along the Mediterranean from west to east: the Iberian Peninsula, the Apennines of Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, Anatolia.
  • The Volga and the Ural River both end in the Caspian Sea. The Don ends in the Sea of Azov.
  • The Skagerrak is the outer strait, open to the North Sea. The Kattegat lies south of it.

Questions and answers

What are the main physical features of Europe?

Four mountain ranges head most lists: the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians and the Urals. Then come the North European Plain, the Iberian, Scandinavian and Balkan peninsulas, the Danube, Rhine and Volga, and the Mediterranean, North, Baltic and Black seas.

Is there a printable blank physical map of Europe?

Yes. Before you answer the first question, open More options. The blank print numbers every feature and leaves a line for each name. The labeled print adds the answer key: every number with its name.

Does this work as a western Europe physical map quiz?

Yes, though it has no separate western round. The Alps, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central, Great Britain, Ireland, the Rhine, the Seine, the Loire, the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay are all asked.

Why are the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea in a Europe physical map quiz?

They lie inside the frame of the map, where Europe meets Asia. The Ural Mountains form part of the conventional boundary between the two continents, and the Caucasus Mountains stand at their intersection, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

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