| A | B |
|---|
| glaciation | process in which glaciers form and spread |
| Alps | mountains that form a crescent from France to the Balkan Peninsula |
| Rhine and Po | major rivers of Europe |
| Northern European Plain | European plain once scoured by glaciers |
| loess | fine rich wind-borne soil left by glaciers |
| dikes | large banks of earth and stone |
| polders | reclaimed lands from the sea |
| fjords | long, narrow, sttep sided inlets on the coastline of Norway. |
| Baltic Sea | Part of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Europe that connects with the North Sea; by Sweden |
| North Sea | Part of the Atlantic Ocean between European countinent and Great Britain and extending to Norway |
| British Isles | consists of two islands: Great Britain and Ireland, and thousands of smaller islands |
| Aegean Sea | Sea between Greece and Turkey |
| Danube River | flows from southern Germany through Hungary and Romania to the Black Sea |
| Black Sea | Eastern Europe's major waterway; sea between Europe and Asia |
| Mediterranean Sea | sea to the south of Europe |
| Iberian Peninsula | contains Spain and Portugal |
| Italian or Apennine Peninsula | contains the Apennines mountain chain |
| Balkan Peninsula | between the Aegean Sea and Adriatic Sea; Greece is located on this peninsula |
| Scandinavian Peninsula | Norway and Sweden |
| Jutland Peninsula | Denmark |
| North Atlantic Current | warm winds move along this current in the Atlantic Ocean |
| permafrost | permanently frozen soil |
| timberline | the line between trees and no trees on the mountain |
| mistral | strong north wind from the Alps that can sent cold air into France |
| siroccos | hot dry winds from North Africa brings hot temperatures to Europe |
| foehns | dry winter winds that trigger avalanches |
| avalanches | ice, snow, and rock slides on a mountain |
| steppe | belt of dry, cold grasslands that are in southeastern Europe (Hungary to Ukraine) |
