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19 Cards in this Set
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much of Europe is ____ climate
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marine west coast climate
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marine west coast climate:
____ spain, through most of ____ and ____, to ____ and even the ____ and the ____ areas of the ____ peninsula |
northern, france, germany, poland, british isles, coastal areas of scandinavian pen.
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prevailing westerlies blow ____ to ____ and picks up ____ and ____ from the ____ and carry it far inland over Europe because there aren't any ____ to block.
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west to east, warmth and moisture, North Atlantic Drift, mountain ranges
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Humid Continental climate:
____, ____ winters and either ____ or ____ summers |
cold, snowy, warm or hot
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humid continental climate:
far from the ____ Ocean-- much of ____ and ____ and the ____ parts of ____, ____, and ____, along with all of ____ |
Sweden, Finland, eastern parts of Poland, Slovakia,Hungary, all of Romania
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much of Europe suffers from ____, and as a result, there're ____ forests. The region also originally has ____
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deforestation, coniferous, broad fertile plains covered with grasses
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today, farmers grow grains such as ____, ____, and ____. other major crops include ____ and ____ ____
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wheat, rye, barley, potatoes and sugar beets
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Mediterranean climate:
extends from ____ Spain and ____ through ____ to ____ and other parts of the ____ Peninsula. ____ and ____ summers with ____ and ____ winters |
southern Spain and France, Italy, Greece, Balkan
hot and dry, moderate and west |
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one reason for the mediterranean climate is that mountain ranges block ____ ____ winds from reaching the ____, ____, and ____ peninsulas.
an exception is the the ____ coast of ____ isn't protected by mountain ranges |
cold north, Iberian, Italian, Balkan
Mediterranean coast of France |
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France receives the ____ in the winter
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mistral
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Most Mediterranean countries experiences ____
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sirocco
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most ____ countries experiences sirocco
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meditarranean
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mediterranean vegetation:
____ ____ and ____ trees that grown in ____, ____ summers |
evergreen shrubs, short trees, hot, dry
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mediterranean crops:
____ ____, ____, ____, and ____ |
citrus fruits, grapes, olives, and wheat
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the mediterranean ____ also atrract people for ____ business
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beaches, tourism
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in far ____ ____ peninsula along the arctic circle, lies a band of ____ climate, in a state of ____ in which only ____ and ____ grows there
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northern scandinavian, tundra, permafrost, mosses, lichens
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south of the tundra climate is the ____ climate, which is ____ most of the time with very ____, ____ winters. little grows there but ____ ____
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subarctic, cool, cold, harsh, stunted trees
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the subarctic climate witnesses extremely ____ winter ____ and summer ____.
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long, nights, days
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North of the Arctic Circle, winter days when the sun ____ and summers days when the ____
for this the land is aka the ____ |
never rises, never sets, land of the midnight sun
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