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{{Continent

|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:Europe pol 2004.jpg|300px]]

|name          =Europe

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|map         =Europe pol 2004.jpg

!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: maroon no-repeat scroll top left;"|Europe

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|language =

|area         =4,066,281 square miles

|coastline      =50,000 square miles

| 4,066,281 square miles

|highestpoint  =Mt. Elbrus, 18,481 feet

|-

|lowestpoint    =Shoreline of Caspian Sea, 92 feet below sea level

|river         =Volga, 2,330 miles

| 50,000 square miles

|lake          =

|-

|pop         =

|pop-basis =

| Mt. Elbrus, 18,481 feet

|countries      =50

|-

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| Shoreline of Caspian Sea, 92 feet below sea level

|-

| Longest river

| Volga, 2,330 miles  

|-

|Countries

|Approximately 50

|-

|}

'''Europe''' is the western part of the [[continent]]al landmass of Eurasia, consisting of the general area between the [[Ural Mountains]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. With an area of 3,998,000 square miles it ranks as the second-smallest of the continents, but in terms of population (727,000,000 in 2007) it is the third-largest. Europe is made up of approximately 50 countries.

'''Europe''' is the western part of the [[continent]]al landmass of Eurasia, consisting of the general area between the [[Ural Mountains]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. With an area of 3,998,000 square miles it ranks as the second-smallest of the continents, but in terms of population (727,000,000 in 2007) it is the third-largest. Europe is made up of approximately 50 countries.