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  • What is the difference between a bay and a gulf?
    Gulfs are generally bigger than bays
  • What are gulfs and bays?
    Large area of sea which cut into the land
  • What are capes?
    Large areas of land which provide into the sea
  • What are rias?
    Are inlets in the coast, it is a river valley flooded by rising sea levels
  • Fjords are formed by _____?
    Glaciers
  • Which country has many fjords?
    Norway
  • Tell me the name of three European peninsulas
    Scandinavian, Iberian, Italian, Balkan, Peloponnesus, Crimean
  • What is a peninsula?
    land surrounded by sea on all but one side
  • What is an archipelago?
    A group of islands
  • What forms capes?
    Glaciers and sometimes volcanoes
  • What are some examples of important capes?
    Capes St Vincent, Cape Roca, North Cape