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22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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FORMING OF GLACIERS OVER A PENINSULA
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GLACIATION
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RECLAMATION OF NEW LAND FROM THE SEA PROTECTED BY DIKES
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POLDERS
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CARVED OUT STEEP-SIDED INLETS ALONG ATLANTIC COASTLINE
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FJORDS
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LARGE BANKS OF EARTH AND STONE THAT HOLDS BACK WATER
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DIKES
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PENINSULA OF DENMARK
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JUTLAND
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NORTHERN PENINSULAS
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SCANDANAVIA
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CRESCENT-SHAPED MOUNTAINS FROM FRANCE TO BALKANS
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ALPS
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LOCATED CENTRAL ITALY WITH ACTIVE VOLCANOES (MOUNT VESUVIUS)
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APENNINE PENINSULA
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HIGHEST PEAK IN EUROPE ON FRANCE/ITALY BORDER
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MOUNT BLANC
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RUGGED BARRIER SEPARATING IBERIAN PENINSULA FROM REST OF EUROPE
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PYRENEES MOUNTAINS
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HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN BRITISH ISLES
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BEN NEVIS
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EXTENSIONS OF SPAIN & PORTUGAL SEPARATING ATLANTIC/MEDITERRANEAN
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IBERIAN PENINSULA
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BOUNDED BY ARABIAN/IONIAN SEAS & AEGEAN/BLACK SEAS
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BALKAN PENINSULA
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RIVER LOCATED IN ENGLAND WITH PORT CITY OF LONDON
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THAMES RIVER
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MOST IMPORTANT RIVER FROM SWISS ALPS TO ROTTERDAM ON NORTH SEA
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RHINE RIVER
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EASTERN EUROPE WATERWAY FROM GERMANY'S BLACK FOREST TO BLACK SEA
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DANUBE RIVER
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STRONG NORTH WIND FROM ALPS SENDING COLD AIR TO FRANCE
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MISTRAL
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SOIL PERMANENTLY FROZEN BENEATH THE SURFACE
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PERMAFROST
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DRY WINDS THAT BLOW DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN TO THE VALLEYS
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FOEHNS
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MASSES OF ICE, SNOW, ROCK SLIDING DOWN MOUNTAINSIDES
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AVALANCHES
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ELEVATION ABOVE WHERE TREES CANNOT GROW
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TIMBERLINE
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WINDS FROM NORTH AFRICA BRINGING HIGH TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHERN EUROPE
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SIROCCOS
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