. Europe and other continents . roceed far into the interior of the continent. Climate Influence of Latitude. — Trace the 50th parallel of lati-tude on a globe or map of the world. Notice that whilethe 49th parallel forms the northern boundary of westernUnited States, it passes entirely south of England, crossesFrance near Paris, and extends through southern Germanyand Russia. From this it is evident that by far the largerpart of Europe lies farther north than the United States,and due east of Canada. St. Petersburg is in the samelatitude as northern Labrador ; and the tips of the penin-sulas
. Europe and other continents . roceed far into the interior of the continent. Climate Influence of Latitude. — Trace the 50th parallel of lati-tude on a globe or map of the world. Notice that whilethe 49th parallel forms the northern boundary of westernUnited States, it passes entirely south of England, crossesFrance near Paris, and extends through southern Germanyand Russia. From this it is evident that by far the largerpart of Europe lies farther north than the United States,and due east of Canada. St. Petersburg is in the samelatitude as northern Labrador ; and the tips of the penin-sulas of southern Europe reach about as far south as thesouthern boundary of Virginia. In the far north, near the Arctic, the climate is bleak,and there are barren, frozen tundras. South of this is abelt of fir, spruce, and pine, like that which stretches eastand west across central Canada. But contrary to whatmight be expected from latitude alone, the climate in andjust south of this belt of evergreen forest permits the 158 EUROPE. CLIMA TE 159 M \ «/ /-a/7- ~K-M s^li^m M
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