| A | B |
|---|
| Mediterranean Sea | large body of water separating Europe and Africa |
| Pyrenees | mountain range separating Spain and France |
| Apennines | mountain range stretching north to south dividing Italy into east and west |
| Alps | tallest mountain range in Europe along northern Italy |
| Mediterranean Climate | near mountains and water, cool wet winters, warm dry summers |
| Tagus River | longest river in southern Europe flowing across the Iberian Peninsula |
| Iberian Peninsula | home to Spain and Portugal in SW Europe |
| Ural Mountains | longest mountain range in Europe, separates Europe and Asia |
| Caspian Sea | largest lake in the world, salt water |
| Caucasus Mountains | mountain range between the Black and Caspian Seas |
| Moscow | capital of Russia |
| Siberia | vast area between the Ural Mountains and the Pacific Ocean |
| Volga River | longest river in Europe empties into the Caspian Sea |
| taiga | vast forest of evergreen trees covering about half of Russia |
| Mount Elbrus | Europe's highest mountain peak located in Russia |
| Lake Baikal | world's deepest lake located in Russia |
| Northern European Plain | largest landform in Europe, provides best farmland in region |
| Central Uplands | portion of European Plain fanning across West Central Europe |
| Massif Central | plateau region of European Plain in West Central Europe |
| Juran Mountains | mountain range along the French and Swiss border |
| avalanche | large mass of snow rushing down a mountainside |
| North Sea | body of water separating the UK from the rest of west central Europe |
| English Channel | body of water separating UK and France |
| Mont Blanc | highest peak in the Alps |
| Alps | Europe's highest mountain range |
| Danube River | important river that begins in Germany and flows east across Great Hungarian Plain |
| Rhine River | major river running from the mountains in Germany to the North Sea |
| European Union | organization of several countries across Europe |
| Chunnel | tunnel for high speed train under English Channel between Great Britain and France |
| British Isles | group of islands located across the English Channel from the rest of Europe |
| Scandinavia | region of islands and peninsulas in far northern Europe |
| glaciers | slow moving sheets of ice |
| fjiord | narrow inlet of sea set between high rocky cliffs |
| geothermal energy | energy from the heat of Earth's interior |
| North Atlantic Drift | ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Carpathians | rugged mountains from the Alps to the Black Sea area |
| Balkan Peninsula | large peninsula of in Europe extending south into the Mediterranean Sea |
| Chernobyl | location in the Ukraine of a nuclear power plant that exploded in 1988 releasing huge amounts of radiation into the air |
