which part of the continent is france from
Europe is divided from Asia on the east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. The Black Sea to the southeast, the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Arctic Ocean in the north. Europe is the second smallest continent by surface area. Western Russia is a part of the European continent. Europe consists of the countries of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, England, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Poland, Denmark among others. Between the 16th and 20th centuries, European nations controlled at various times the Americas, most of Africa, Oceania and large portions of Asia.