Europe's Physical Features & Climate
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | process of glaciers forming and spreading
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| loess | show 🗑
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| show | rich, black top soil found in Northern European Plain (Ukraine & Russia)good for agriculture & high crop yields
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| dike | show 🗑
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| polder | show 🗑
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| fjord | show 🗑
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| permafrost | show 🗑
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| show | point of elevation (line) above which trees do NOT grow due to extreme cold
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| show | narrow water passage connecting two large bodies of water Atlantic Ocean & Mediterranean Sea
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| show | *consists of Spain & Portugal and separates Atlantic Ocean from Mediterranean Sea *plateau rises up to Pyrenees Mountains cutting off Peninsula from rest of Europe
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| Italian Peninsula | show 🗑
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| Balkan Peninsula | show 🗑
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| Jutland Peninsula | show 🗑
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| show | *far northern in Norway, Sweden & Denmark *Ice Age glaciation formed fjords on Atlantic coast *southern coast slopes to Baltic Sea
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| Name 4 of Europe's Islands | show 🗑
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| Describe the Northern European Plain | show 🗑
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| show | *Alps (runs from S. France to Balkans, has Mont Blanc highest peak in Alps)
*Pyrenees (divides Iberian Peninsula from rest of Europe)
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| Name 3 European rivers | show 🗑
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| show | *Black Forest (air pollution) *Venice, Italy (water pollution) *Rhine, Danube, Seine Rivers (water pollution)
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| show | *tourism *recreation *mineral resources
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| show | Subarctic/Tundra - bitter cold winters & cool short summers
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| show | Humid Continental - cold winters & hot summers
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| Describe climate of Western Europe | show 🗑
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| show | Mediterranean - hot dry summers & mild rainy winters
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| show | Ocean current that carries warm maritime (sea) winds to western/southern coast of Europe-has warming effect on climate
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