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Northern Europe has a variety of physical features including rolling hills, glaciers, and volcanoes. The region contains the British Isles and Scandinavia, with islands, peninsulas, and rugged hills and mountains that make farming difficult. Glaciers have left coastlines marked by fjords and thousands of lakes. Natural resources like oil, gas, forests, fertile soils, and fisheries have made Northern Europe wealthy. The climate is mild for the region's northern latitudes due to the North Atlantic Drift, but it varies from subarctic in the far north to mild winters in western areas.
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Chapter 14 section 1
- 3. Physical Features Land of Variety Rolling hills, icy glaciers, fiery volcanoes Changes from one location to another Two Regions British Isles Group of islands (Ireland & United Kingdom) Scandinavia Islands & Peninsulas (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark & Iceland)
- 4. Hills & Mountains Rough, rocky hills & low mts. Present Kjolen Mts. Separte Norway & Sweden Farming difficult in these areas (soil too rocky) Less people live in these areas
- 5. Farmland and Plains Located in Southern part of British Isles & Scandinavia Rolling hills of Ireland & valleys in England and Denmark
- 6. Effects of Glaciers Have left mark on coastlines & lakes Jagged coastlines w/ fjords (narrow inlet of the sea between high, rocky cliffs) Thousands of lakes across Northern Europe
- 7. Natural Resources Have made region wealthiest in world Energy resources, forests & soils, and seas Energy Oil, natural gas, hydroelectric energy, & geothermal energy (energy from the heat of Earth’s interior) Forests & Soils Timber (Finland & Scandinavian Peninsula) Fertile Soils (wheat & potatoes and livestock) Seas & Oceans Fishing industry in Norway, Denmark, & Iceland
- 8. Climates Mostly near Arctic Circle Climates are remarkably mild North Atlantic Drift An ocean current that brings warm, moist air across the Atlantic Ocean (keeps region warmer than other locations w/ similar latitudes) Denmark, British Isles, & western Norway Mild winters & frequent rainfall Frosts & snow in winter, but does not last long Central Norway, Sweden, & southern Finland Four true seasons (cold snowy winters & mild summers) Far North Subarctic (long, cold winters & short summers) Iceland extremely cold temps all year