[[Image:Europe pol 2004.jpg|thumb|300 px|Political map of Europe]]
[[Image:Europe pol 2004.jpg|thumb|300 px|Political map of Europe]]
[[Image:Europe ref04.jpg|thumb|300 px|Shaded relief map of Europe]]
[[Image:Europe ref04.jpg|thumb|300 px|Shaded relief map of Europe]]
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'''Europe''' is the continental landmass consisting of the major peninsulas of Eurasia, and covering some 15% of the world's land area. It is bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean; the north by the Arctic Ocean and Barents Sea; the east by the Ural Mountains; and on the south by the Caspian, Black, and Mediterranean Seas (a second mountain range, the Caucasus, serves as a land boundary between the Caspian and Black seas).
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'''Europe''' is the [[continent]]al landmass consisting of the major peninsulas of [[Eurasia]], and covering some 15% of the world's land area. It is bordered on the west by the [[Atlantic Ocean]]; the north by the [[Arctic Ocean]] and Barents Sea; the east by the Ural Mountains; and on the south by the Caspian, Black, and [[Mediterranean Sea]]s (a second mountain range, the Caucasus, serves as a land boundary between the Caspian and Black seas).