| A | B |
|---|
| peninsula | a body of land nearly surrounded by water |
| population density | the average number of people living per sq mile or km. (25 people/square mile) |
| loess | rich dust like soil found in the European plain |
| rain shadow | an area on the sheltered side of a mountain that receives little rain fall |
| taiga | a forest in Russia that covers 4 million sq miles…the largest forest in the world |
| fjord | a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea located between steep cliffs |
| steppes | Russian grasslands |
| tundra | a treeless plain where only grasses and mosses grow |
| permafrost | permanently frozen soil |
| hydroelectric power | water generated power |
| fossil fuel | fuel from fossils (Non-Renewable) |
| reserves | the available supply of a fossil fuel |
| Scandanavian Peninsula | Norway and Sweden |
| Iberian Peninsula | Portugal and Spain |
