PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY EUROPE REVIEW

A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

• Taiga

• Alpine Mountains

• Peninsula

• Fjord

A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley

• Peninsula

• Western Uplands

• Fjord

• Taiga

Separates Great Britain from France. Is a busy route for shipping transportation on it and car and train travel under it

• Rhine River

• Westerlies

• Alpine Mountains

• English Channel

Located north of Western Europe. Contains large oil & natural gas reserves and has been significant for trade and fishing.

• English Channel

• North Sea

• Central Uplands

• Mediterranean Sea

The most important body of water in Southern Europe. Stretches from Spain to Greece and is almost completely surrounded by land.

• Mediterranean Sea

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Danube River

• Caspian Sea

The busiest waterway in Europe. Connects industrial regions to the North Sea and runs through the most populated region of Europe

• Rivers in Western Europe

• Danube River

• Rhine River

• Tagus River

A mountain range that extends along the border between France and Spain

• Appalachian Mountains

• Ural Mountains

• Pyrenees Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

Boot shaped peninsula south of France and Germany. Also located above the Medierranean Sea

• France

• Iberian Peninsula

• Florida

• Italy

The largest country in the world, which covers all of northern Asia and almost half of Europe

• Russia

• Ukraine

• Poland

• Switzerland

A narrow sea between Great Britain and France

• Mediterranean Sea

• Rhine River

• Danube River

• English Channel