European Physical Geography
Across
- 3. summers range from wet to hot and winters are very cold and snowy
- 7. a large area of flat land
- 10. a crescent-shaped mountain range stretching through Central and Eastern Europe
- 13. a long, narrow part of the ocean that cuts into the land and is surrounded by steep cliffs
- 14. a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea
- 15. The highest and most extensive mountain range in Europe
- 16. cool summers with rain and some snow
- 17. the second-largest river in Europe that runs through many countries
- 19. storms and waves wearing away and breaking up rocky coasts
Down
- 1. any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
- 2. hot and dry summers with mild, rainy winters
- 4. short, cool summers with long, cold, snowy winters
- 5. a mountain range that forms the boundary between Europe and Asia in the southeast
- 6. a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean and almost completely surrounded by land, forming a natural border between Europe and Africa
- 8. a mountain range that runs north to south in western Russia and forms the boundary between Europe and Asia
- 9. large movable plates under the Earth’s surface
- 11. low-lying land reclaimed from the sea or a river and protected by dikes
- 12. a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
- 18. semi-desert with occasional rain