Europe Climate & Vegetation / HEI

What are the 2 things that help to give Europe the mild and moderated climate it has compared to other countries at that latitude?

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Northeast Trade Winds

• North Atlantic Drift

• North Pacific Drift

Northern inland countries like Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary share this climate region. Cold snowy winters with warm or hot summers, depending on the latitude. Vegetation here tend to be coniferous

• Humid Subtropical

• Tundra

• Humid Continental

• Subarctic

This region of Europe has hot dry summers with clear sunny skies. Climate is moderated by the mountains that lie to the north of the region, the seas to the south. Crops grown her include olives, grapes, citrus fruits

• West Coast Europe

• Northern European Plain

• Scandinavia

• Mediterranean Europe

Hot steady winds that come from North Africa. They sometimes pick up moisture, but will mostly pick up dust from North Africa's desert.

• Mistral Winds

• Southeast Trade Winds

• Sirocco Winds

• Prevailing Westerlies

Term used when topsoil remains frozen year-round. No trees typically grow. Only vegetation like mosses and lichens

• Permafrost

• Frozone

• Tundrafrost

• Iceland

Name given to regions above the Arctic Circle that get sharp variations to the amount of sunlight received in the year

• Land of No Sun

• Land of the Mid Day Sun

• Land of the Midnight Sun

• Land of Forever Sun

A Dutch technique used to reclaim land from the sea. They would build dikes(walls) to hold back sea water, then pump and drain the water until the sea floor was only left.

• Terpen

• Polder

• Dams

• Seaworks

This city was build with sunken wood pilings placed in the swampy, soft ground to help support the structures that were build. It first began when people would come here to escape from invaders

• Florence

• Rome

• Greece

• Venice