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| | Europe - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Three smaller peninuslas— Iberia, Italy and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland into the Medeterranean Sea, which separates Europe from Africa. |
 | | Sub-regions such as Iberia and Italy contain their own complex features, as does mainland Europe itself, where the relief contains many plateaus, river valleys and basins that complicate the general trend. |
 | | It often includes the Caucasus or Transcaucasian countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia), though these are often also regarded as part of Asia. |
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