Europe Geography

a body of land surrounded on three sides by water

• Peninsula

• Uplands

• Polders

• Bays

hills, mountains, and plateaus

• Uplands

• Polders

• Bays

• fjords

land in the Netherlands that has been reclaimed from the sea for farming.

• Polders

• Bays

• fjords

• Navigable

a body of water surrounded on three sides by land

• Bays

• fjords

• Navigable

• Canal

a deep, narrow bay

• fjords

• Navigable

• Canal

• waterways

wide or deep enough to be traveled easily by boats and ships.

• Navigable

• Canal

• waterways

• erosion

a human-made waterway through land for boats and ships

• Canal

• waterways

• erosion

• Sirocco

a navigable route for traveling and transport

• waterways

• erosion

• Sirocco

• mistral

The process by which rocks and soil slowly break apart and are worn away.

• erosion

• Sirocco

• mistral

• North Atlantic Drift

a hot, steady south wind that blows from North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea into southern Europe, mostly in Spring

• Sirocco

• mistral

• North Atlantic Drift

• Marine Reserve