Ch 11 Go Vocab

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Glaciation

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The process, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers.

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Rhine

Back 2

A river in western Europe that rises in the Swiss Alps and flows for 820 miles (1,320 km) to the North Seal.

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Loess

Back 3

A loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur, e.g., in eastern China

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Baltic Sea

Back 4

A sea in northern Europe that is linked with the North Sea.

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North Sea

Back 5

An arm of the Atlantic Ocean that lies between the mainland of Europe and the coast of Britain.

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Mediterranean Sea

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An almost landlocked sea between southern Europe, the northern coast of Africa, and southwestern Asia.

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British Isles

Back 7

1.A group of islands lying off the coast of northwestern Europe, from which they are separated by the North Sea and the English Channel. They include Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands, the Scilly Isles, and the Channel Islands

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Aegean Sea

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1.A part of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between Greece and Turkey, bounded on the south by Crete and Rhodes and linked to the Black Sea by the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus

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Danube River

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Danube: the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea;

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Black Sea

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1.A tideless almost landlocked sea bounded by Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara

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Permafrost

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1.A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions