Europe Vocab Crossword

2. shadow / a dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area (away from the wind)
5. / permanently frozen soil
7. / a piece of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea or a river and protected by dikes (dams)
9. / Russian grasslands that are treeless and have plants and a climate similar to those of the Great Plains in the United States
12. / the sometimes swampy, coniferous forest of high northern latitudes in tundra and steppes of Siberia

1. power / energy generated by water-driven turbines
3. / the coldest of all biomes which yields a treeless plain with limited plant growth
4. / a waterway that is clear enough for ships to travel through
6. / the reserved supply of something, such as oil or natural gas
7. / a body of land surrounded by water on three sides
8. / a type of rich, dust-like soil found in the North European Plain
10. / a river or stream that flows into a larger river
11. / another name for a grassland (not tundra or steppe) – flat, moderate temps and rainfall, few trees