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acid rain: Caused by emissions from industry combining with water vapor and oxygen is destroying European forests
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Alps, Pyrenees, Apennine, Balkan: Four major mountain chains found in Europe
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Alsac-Lorraine: Industrial area of France
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Balkan Peninsula: bordered by the Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea
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Band of tundra: subsoil is permanently frozen
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coal, iron: Europe has an abundance of this needed for an industrialized economy
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Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete: Four smaller islands found in the Mediterranean Sea
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Danube and Rhine: Major rivers found in Europe
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dike: An earthen band used to direct or prevent the passage of water
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Fjords: A long narrow deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes
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France: Massif Central is found in this country
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France, Belgium, Poland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany: European countries that have territory in the Northern European Plain
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Great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Greenland: Four large islands found in the North Atlantic
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Holand - the Netherlands: European nation that needed more land for its population. At least 40% of their land was once under the sea
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Iberian Peninsula: Made up of Spain and Portugal
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Ijsselmeer: The area that was once the Zuider Zee is a freshwater lake
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Ijsselmeer: A freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by polders
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Italian Peninsula: Boot shaped
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Jutland Peninsula: Made up of Denmark and a small part of Germany
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Marine West Coast: Climate is frequently cloudy, foggy, and damp
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Marine West Coast, Humid Continental, Band of Tundra, Mediterranian: Climates found in Europe
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Massif Central: The uplands of France which account for about one-sixth of French lands.
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Meseta: Central plateau of Spain
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Meseta, Massif Central: Uplands found in Europe
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Minstral: Cold dry wind from the north
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North Atlantic Drift: A current of warm water from the Tropics
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North Atlantic drift: Current is a warm ocean current that influences the climate of Europe
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Northern European Plain: One of the most fertile agricultural regions of the world
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oil, natural gas: Found in the North Sea
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Peat: a partially decayed plant matter found in bogs
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peat: Ireland lack energy sources so they cut this and burn it as fuel
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Poldar: Land that is reclaimed from the sea or other body of water by diking and drainage
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Ruhr Valley: Industrial area of Germany
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Scandinavian Peninsula: Made up of Denmark and a small part of Germany
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Scandinavian, Jutland, Iberian, Italian, Balkan: Major peninsulas of Europe
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seaworks: A structure used to control the sea's destructive impact on human life
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sirocco: A hot, steady south wind that blows from North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe, mostly in spring
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sirocco, minstral: winds that are present in the Mediterranean climate in Europe
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Spain: Meseta is found in this country
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terpen: earthen platforms used in seaworks
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upland: A hill or very low mountain that may also contain mesas and high plateaus
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Venice: City that has more than 150 canals
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windmills: Once used to power pumps that drain the land
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Zuider Zee: An arm of the North Sea
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Zuider Zee: A former inlet of the North Sea in the Netherlands
