Europe

Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia. It is

generally divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus
Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways
connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.
Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west,
the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea and connected waterways to
the southeast. Yet the borders of Europea concept dating back to classical
antiquityare arbitrary, as the primarily physiographic term "continent" also
incorporates cultural and political elements.Europe is the world's second-smallest
continent by surface area.
Climate
Biomes of Europe and surrounding regions: tundra

alpine tundra

montane forest temperate broadleaf forest mediterranean forest

steppe

taiga
temperate

dry steppe

Europe lies mainly in the temperate climate zones, being subjected to prevailing
westerlies.The climate is milder in comparison to other areas of the same latitude
around the globe due to the influence of the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream is
nicknamed "Europe's central heating", because it makes Europe's climate warmer
and wetter than it would otherwise be.
Games of the Small States of Europe:The Games of the Small States of Europe
(GSSE) is a biennial, multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino,
organized by and featuring the National Olympic Committees of eight European

small states since 1985. The Games are held at the end of May or beginning of June,
and feature competition in nine Summer Olympic sports.
The European Games is a planned international multi-sport event to be held among
athletes from all over Europe. The Games were envisioned and are to be governed
by the European Olympic Committees (EOC), which announced their launch at its
41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012.Baku 2015 European Games,
the first edition of the European Games is going to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in
June 2015, and every four years thereafter. Twenty sports have so far been
confirmed for the 2015 Games, following successful negotiations with the European
authorities for swimming, gymnastics and athletics.
The European Games are the final continental Games to be initiated, after the Asian
Games, Pan-American Games, All-Africa Games and Pacific Games. As of 2015,
every continent will have a continental games in the Olympic tradition.
European cuisine(Food):French bread Italian pasta European cuisine, or
alternatively Western cuisine, is a generalised term collectively referring to the
cuisines of Europe and other Western countries, including (depending on the
definition) that of Russia, as well as non-indigenous cuisines of Australasia, Latin
America, North America, and Oceania, which derive substantial influence from
European settlers in those regions. The term is used by East Asians to contrast with
Asian styles of cooking. (This is analogous to Westerners' referring collectively to
the cuisines of East Asian countries as Asian cuisine.) When used by Westerners, the
term may sometimes refer more specifically to cuisine in Europe; in this context, a
synonym is Continental cuisine, especially in British English.Steak and cutlet in
particular are common dishes across the West. Western cuisines also put substantial

emphasis on grape wine and on sauces as condiments, seasonings, or

accompaniments (in part due to the difficulty of seasonings penetrating the often
larger pieces of meat used in Western cooking). Many dairy products are utilised in
the cooking process, except in nouvelle cuisine. Wheat-flour bread has long been
the most common source of starch in this cuisine, along with pasta, dumplings and
pastries, although the potato has become a major starch plant in the diet of
Europeans and their diaspora since the European colonisation of the Americas.