<span>Climate<span>Western Europe is mild, with wet cool summers and wet, mild winters. The sea is near, on the west with mostly western winds, and there are no mountains to protect the land from the sea. </span>Settlement Patterns<span>Many of the important cities are on a river near the sea.It is very simple for them to get people from one place to another and there are tourists </span>Culture<span>Transfer of culture is faster since most European countries are near to each other. They all have different types of religion and more people move there with different religions </span>Economy<span>Since Europe is a peninsula, it is also near to the main bodies of water making transportation easier. <span>Trading also is not difficult since major shipping vessels can go to great rivers.</span><span> </span></span></span>
Rainfall is generally more toads on the Windwards sides as the moisture-laden winds blowing from the oceans and seas reach the mountains Windwards or westwards facing side more quickly and easily.