large banks of earth and stone that hold back water
polders
after they build a dike they can reclaim the land that is no longer covered by water.
THESE RECLAIMED AREAS OF LAND
ARE CALLED POLDERS
GLACIATION
FORMING OF GLACIERS OVER THE PENINSULA
FJORDS
GLACIERS CARVED OUT LONG NARROW STEEP VALLEYS FILLED WITH WATER CALLED FJORDS
L
Loess
a fine rich wind borne soil which covers the
NORTH EUROPEAN PLAINMAJOR AGRICULTURAL REGION
SIROCCO
BRINGS HIGH DRY WINDS FROM NORTHERN
AFRICA CHANGING THE SOUTHERN EUROPES MEDITERRANEAN COASTTEMPERTURES TO HOT HOT
MISTRAL
STRONG NORTH WIND FROM THE ALPS
CAN MAKE THE TEMPERTURE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE CHANGE TO BITTER COLD COLD
SIRROCO IS THE OPPOSITE OF MISTRAL
SIRROCO IS
MISTRAL IS
SIRROCO HOT DRY WINDS FROM AFRICA
MISTRAL IS COLD WINDS FROM THE ALPS
CHAPPARAL
SHRUBS AND SMALL TREES THAT GROW WELL
IN THE HOT DRY SUMMERS
TIMBERLAND
THE ELEVATION ABOVE WHICH TREES CANNOT GROW
FOEHNS
ALPS GENERALLY HAVE COLD TEMPERATURES BUT OCCASSIONALLY A DRY WIND CALLED
FOEHNS BLOWS DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS
TRIGGERING AN AVALANCHE
AVALANCHE
USUALLY TRIGGERED BY A FOEHNS IT IS MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ICE, SNOW AND ROCK SLIDING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.
PERMAFROST
TUNDRA AND SUBARTIC REGIONS HAVE
PERMA (PERMANENTLY) FROST(FROZEN)
PERMAFROST PERMANENTLY FROZEN SOIL BELOW THE SURFACE
WHY IS EUROPE A "PENINSULA OF PENINSULAS"
EUROPE IS A LARGE PENINSULA MADE UP OF SMALLER PENINSULAS.
WHAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF EUROPE IS MADE UP OF RICH FERTILE FARMLAND (LOESS)
NORTHERN EUROPEAN PLAIN
FROM SOUTHEASTERN ENGLAND AND WESTERN FRANCE TO POLAND, EUKRAINE, AND RUSSIA.
EUROPES NORTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS HAVE SOME OF THE EARTH'S MOST ANCIENT ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE MOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN ROUNDED BY EROSION AND GLACIATION. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE
MASSIF CENTRAL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH EUROPEAN PLAIN BENEFITED FROM
WEALTH OF RIVERS, FERTILE SOIL, AND WEALTH OF MATERIALS. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
WHAT RIVER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RIVER IN EUROPE.
1. THE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES CARRY MORE FREIGHT THAN ANY OTHER RIVER SYSTEM IN EUROPE
2. PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE NORTH SEA FOR FIVE COUNTRIES.
3. FOR CENTURIES IT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION ROUTE THRU EUROPE.
4. STARTS WITH THE LETTER R AND THE REST OF THE WORD CAN KICK YOU IN THE H#$%$!
RHINE RIVER
WHICH MAJOR FACTOR WILL NOT AFFECT THE CLIMATE OF EUROPE
MOUNTAIN BARRIERS
LATITUDE
OCEAN CURRENTS
ELEVATION
ELEVATION
THE POINT OF ELEVATION THAT TREES DO NOT GROW IS CALLED
TIMBERLAND
THE ___________ BRINGS HIGH DRY WIND FROM NORTH AFRICA TO SOUTHERN EUROPE