Geography Chapter 5 vocab

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North Atlantic Drift

warms northern Europe so that the harbors are kept ice free

England

largest division of the United Kingdom

downs

chalk like hills; cannot support trees

glens

narrow valleys carved by glaciers

lochs

deep narrow lakes carved by glaciers

loughs

crystal lakes

fjords

long, narrow bays carved by glaciers

polders

parcels of land reclaimed from the sea

ecumenism

movement that attempts to break down barriers between religions

loess

fine-grained soil deposited by wind

foehn

warm, dry wind that blows from the Alps in the south

cantons

political divisions in Switzerland


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