fjord
narrow inlets of the sea with steep slopes of a submerged glaciated valley. very common in norway
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
fjord | narrow inlets of the sea with steep slopes of a submerged glaciated valley. very common in norway |
polder | tracts of land reclaimed from the sea |
highest peak in alpine range{caucasus} | Mount Elbrus (5642 m) in the Caucasus |
highest peak in alpine range{alps} | Mount Blanc (4807 m) in the Alps |
low countries | countries lying in the north of europe that lie below sea level. |
BENELUX full form | Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. |
British isles | great britain and northern ireland. |
Nordic countries | in northern eaurope |
NORDIC full form | norway, denmark, iceland, sweden, finland |
Brexit | the withdrawal of the UK from the european union |
mediterranean countries | countries that lie near the coast of the mediterranean sea |
estuaries | funnel shaped openings formed due to drowning of the moths of rivers. |
mediterranean countries examples | Spain, Andorra, Malta, Greece, Italy, Morrocco, Gibraltar, Vatican city, San Marino. |
New World | north and south america together |
natural harbour | part of sea covered by land on 3 sides and deep enough to let ships anchor. |
population density | no. of people by unit area |
balkan states | countries lying to the south east near the coast of the black sea. |
BALKAN full form | slovakia, motenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, croatia, macedonia, bosnia herzegovina, romania, albania |
Austria's capital | vienna |
denmark's capital | copenhagen |
belgium's capital | brussels |
france's capital | paris |
germany's capital | berlin |
italy's capital | rome |
russia's capital | moscow |
greece's capital | athens |
Netherlands' capital | amsterdam |
spain's capital | madrid |
switzerland's capital | bern |
uk's capital | london |
countries broken away from former yugoslavia | bosnia-herezegovina, macedonia, serbia, montenegro,slovenia, croatia |
countries broken away from czechoslovakia | czech republic and slovakia |
baltic countries | those that lie on the baltic coast |
baltic countries examples | estonia, latvia, lithuania |
independent republics | estonia, latvia, moldova, lithuania, belarus, russia, ukraine. |
north western highlands constituent countries | norway, sweden, scotland, wales, ireland. |
north western highlands | many fjords and estuaries are formed. surface is undulating. |