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Europe & Russia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| glaciation | the process where by glaciers form and spread |
| loess | fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt and clay usually carried by the wind |
| thimberline | eleration above which it is too cold for trees to grow |
| araiancne | mass of ice snow or rock that slides down a mountainside |
| permafrost | premantly frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the group |
| chaparral | tape of vetagation made up of dense forests of shrubs and short trees common in mediterranean climates |