Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Europe Mountains
Mountains
6
History
Undergraduate 1
02/26/2011

Additional History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Pyrenees
Definition
is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain.
Term
Alps
Definition
is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west.
Term
Apennines
Definition
are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending,along the length of peninsular Italy
Term
Pindus
Definition
mountain range is located in northern Greece and southern Albania, Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is often called the "spine of Greece". T
Term
Caucasus
Definition
is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia
Term
Carpathians
Definition
The chain of mountain ranges stretches in an arc from the Czech Republic (3%) in the northwest to Slovakia (17%), Poland (10%), Hungary (4%), Ukraine (11%), Romania (53%) in the east, to the Iron Gates on the River Danube between Romania and Serbia (2%) in the south
Supporting users have an ad free experience!