Unit 10 European Landscapes

Landscape/Paisaje

Field/Campo

Forest/ Bosque

Body of Water/ Unidad de Agua

Coastline/ Línea Costera

Coast/ Costa

Plateau/ Meseta

Plains/ Llanuras

Cape/ Cabo

Fjords/ Fiordos

Inlets/ Rías

Peninsula/ Península

Jagged/ Dentado, Mellado

Vegetation/ Vegetación

Bush/ Arbusto

Evergreen/ Hojas Perennes

Decidious/ Hojas Caduca

Grass/ Césped

Meadow/ Prado

Pine/ Pino

Continent/ Continente

Gulf/ Golfo

Lake/ Lago

Isthmus/ Istmo

Bay/ Bahía

Steep/Empinado

Relief means the variations in elevation of the Earth´s surface.  Inland relief is mostly mountains and plains.

Mountains are high elevations of land.  They have steep slopes, a summit and a foot.

Plains are large pieces of flat land. 

Plateaus are high areas of flat land. 

River Basins/Cuenca del Río are low areas of flat land next to a river.

Land next to the sea is the coast.

Cape is a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea. 

Bay a body of water partially enclosed by land.  A big one is called a gulf, a small one is called a cove.

Peninsula is a narrow piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.  It is connected to the mainland by a piece of land called an isthmus.