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| alpine |
The Alpine bio-geographical region consists of several important mountain chains. The region includes the Alps which stretch over France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia and the non EU countries of Switzerland and Monaco, the highest parts of the Apennines that run down the spine of Italy, the Pyrenees on the border between Spain and France, the Scandes which straddle Sweden, Finland and Norway and the Carpathians that extend well beyond the EU frontiers of Slovakia, Poland and Romania into Ukraine. Outside the EU, the region also includes the Caucasus and the Urals. |
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| atlantic |
The Atlantic region stretches from the Faroes and southwest Norway down to the northern shores of Spain and Portugal, encompassing all of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands and parts of Germany, Denmark, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal. |
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| boreal |
Comprises parts of the territory of Finland, and Sweden and the territory of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.The Boreal region in Europe is part of a large zone dominated by coniferous forests, which circles the northern hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. |
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| continental |
The Continental region covers over a quarter of the European Union and extends in a broad band from west to east, starting in central France and continuing to the eastern edge of Poland. Outside the EU it stretches to the Ural mountains, on the border with Asia. In the south, the region is almost split in two by the high mountain ranges of the Alpine zone and the steppic plains of the Pannonian region. Parts of the Adriatic and Baltic coastlines are also included. Altogether 13 EU countries have all or part of their territory in the Continental region. |
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| macaronesian |
The Macaronesian biogeographical region is comprised of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean and includes the archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands.
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| mediterranean |
The Mediterranean basin stretches c.3, 800 km east to west from the tip of Portugal to the shores of Lebanon and c.1, 000 km north to south from Italy to Morocco and Libya. Within the European Union, the Mediterranean Region encompasses seven Member States either partially (France, Portugal, Italy, Spain) or completely (Greece, Malta, Cyprus).
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| arctic |
Arctic biogeographical region as defined by the European Commission and the Council of Europe for evaluation and reporting on nature conservation. It includes Iceland, northern Norway, the northern Kola Peninsula, the north-west Russian Federation and islands further north, such as Svalbard, Franz Joseph Land and Novaya Zemlya.
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| pannonian |
The Pannonian Region is dominated by a large flat alluvial basin that is transected from north to south by two major rivers – the Danube and Tisza. Once an ancient inland sea, the basin is almost completely enclosed on all sides by low-lying hills and mountains. To the north and east lie the Carpathians, to the west the Alps and, to the south, the Dinarics. All of Hungary is included in the Pannonian Region as are peripheral areas of Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Romania within the EU, and outside the EU Serbia and Ukraine. |
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| steppic |
Within the EU, the Steppic Region is found only in one Member State: Romania. Beyond the EU it develops into a vast band of vegetation that stretches out over southern Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and western Kazakhstan. It eventually continues all the way across Asia to the foothills to the Altai Mountains on the borders of Mongolia.
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| blackSea |
The Black Sea Region runs anticlockwise around the Black Sea from Romania and Bulgaria, through northern Turkey and onto Georgia. Within the European Union, the region is no more than a thin coastal strip some 20–60 km wide that runs down almost the entire length of Romania and Bulgaria.
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| anatolian |
The region corresponds to the interior and eastern part of the Anatolian peninsula, having no contact with the Black Sea or the Mediterranean. The region extends over three different geographical areas: the central Anatolian Plateau, the east Anatolian mountain range and the northern Mesopotamia.
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| marineAtlantic |
The entire extent of marine waters covered by the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the portions of the waters of Denmark, Germany, and Sweden that occur west of the Kattegat, Portugal and Spain (excluding the waters around the Macaronesian bio-geographical region: that is the waters surrounding the Azores, Maderia (PT) and Canary Islands (ES)). |
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| marineBaltic |
The entire extent of marine waters covered by the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Estonia, Finland ,Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and the portions of these waters of Denmark, Germany and Sweden that that occur east of the Kattegat. |
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| marineBlackSea |
The entire extent of marine waters covered by the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Bulgaria and Romania.
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| marineMacaronesian |
The waters surrounding the Macaronesian biogeographical region: that is the waters surrounding the Azores, Maderia (PT) and Canary Islands (ES).
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| marineMediterranean |
The entire extent of marine waters covered by the sovereignty or jurisdiction of Member States and the portions of these waters of France and Spainthat occur within the geographical entity that is the Mediterranean Sea.
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