Northern and Southern Europe Landforms CBrandt CMS – Flashcards
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glaciation
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the weathering and erosion caused by the movement of glaciers - is formed when glaciers or moving masses of ice, cause weathering and erosion.
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fjord
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narrow u shaped coastal valley with steep sides formed by the action of glaciers
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tundra
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a flat treeless plain with permanently frozen ground- sub soil is frozen (Northern Europe)
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scrubland
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area with a dry climate where mostly short grasses and shrubs grow.
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trawler
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a large fishing boat that tow large nets behind them. In Norway fewer people work in this industry due to this.
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Italian peninsula
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a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea.
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EUROPE ENERGY RESOURCE TO PRODUCT NORWAY
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PETROLEUM = OIL NATURAL GAS = Natural Gas WATER = Electricity
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EUROPE ENERGY RESOURCE TO PRODUCT DENMARK
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WIND TURBINES = Electricity
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EUROPE ENERGY RESOURCE TO PRODUCT SWEDEN
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WATER (HYDROELECTRIC) = Electricity
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EUROPE ENERGY RESOURCE TO PRODUCT ICELAND
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WATER (HYDROELECTRIC, GEOTHERMAL) = ELECTRICITY ENERGY/HEATING
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RESOURCE VEG RESOURCE TO PRODUCT SPAIN, PORTUGAL
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GRAPES = WINE
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RESOURCE VEG RESOURCE TO PRODUCT ITALY AND GREECE
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GRAPES = WINE OLIVES = OLIVE OIL
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RESOURCE VEG RESOURCE TO PRODUCT FINLAND AND SWEDEN
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WOOD = TIMBER, PAPER, WOOD PULP, FURNITURE
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NORTHERN EUROPE LAND-FORMS AND WATERWAYS
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PENINSULA: Scandinavian Peninsula and Jutland ISLANDS: Iceland, the many Islands of Denmark MOUNTAINS: Mid-Atlantic Ridge WATERWAYS: Fjords and Baltic Sea
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SOUTHERN EUROPE LAND-FORMS AND WATERWAYS
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PENINSULA: Italian and Iberian Peninsula ISLANDS: Crete, Sardinia, Malta, Sicily, Cyprus MOUNTAINS: Pyrenees, Mount Olympus, Alps, Apennines WATERWAYS: Mediterranean Sea, Ebro, Strait of Gibraltar, Po, Tagus River
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Southern Europe Climate
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dry climate, plants need to be resistant to drought. Many areas of Scrubland or short grasses. -Mediterranean climate -summers warm, hot - winters colder- snow is heavy in higher elevations.
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Northern Europe Climate
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has forests the plant resource is wood. It is also rich in iron ore, copper, titanium, lead and nickel and zinc. -Arctic tundra to sub arctic, to Marine West Coast and humid continental -Tundra land -cold winters, hot summers
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RESOURCE VEG RESOURCE TO PRODUCT NORWAY
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one of the biggest fishing industries in Europe.
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Northern Europe Landform
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Much is rugged mountains, rocky soils, and jagged coasts. -- THE NORDIC COUNTRIES: Denmark Norway Finland Iceland- rugged terrain was formed by volcanoes. It has more then 200 of them. and Europe's largest glacier.
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Southern Europe Landform
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Coast is dominated by the Mediterranean Sea. - COUNTRIES: Spain-lies on a plateau called the Meseta Central Portugal- Ebro (water) Italy-long boot like look Italian Peninsula , Po (water) Gibraltar Greece, Cyprus, Western Turkey Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Vatican City
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Peninsulas
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is an area surrounded by water on 3 sides
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Jutland
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extends towards northward from Germany and includes Denmark.
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Scandinavian Peninsula
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is made up of Norway and Sweden - spine of rugged mountains. Its terrain also has mountains and plateaus which were formed by Glaciation.
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Denmark
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has about 400 islands
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Iceland
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Reykjavik
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Iberian Peninsula
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Southern Europe containing Spain and Portugal contains the Tagus (water)
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Pyrenees
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mark the boundary between France and the Iberian Peninsula
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Alps
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form the Northern Boundary of Italy while the Apennines extends along Italy's length.
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Apennines
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extend along Italy's length
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Tagus River
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divides Portugal into areas of rolling plains and hills and valleys
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Baltic Sea
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borders Sweden and Finland
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Mediterranean Sea
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the most important body of water in Southern Europe. It stretches 2,500 miles from Spain to Greece, Turkey and Asia.
