The Prime Meridian passes through London in the United Kingdom. Europe is the second smallest continent in the world. It has over 40 countries. The world's largest country by area is Russia.

Europe is in the world's northern hemisphere. It is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Asia to the east and Africa to the south. Rhona: My name is Rhona ...

It’s a “wonder of the modern world” and an “engineering marvel ... And how did it effectively change the map of Europe? The answer to all those questions is geography.

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.

Other historians argue the map already existed ... a magnificent reminder of Europe’s first efforts to chart the world as they were coming to know it.

A new European Wetland Map shows Europe's peatlands, floodplains and coastal wetlands more comprehensively than ever before ...