Science - European landscapes - Coasts

THE EUROPEAN COAST

PENINSULAS

A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded on nearly all sides by water. It is connected to a larger body of land

by a usually narrow strip of land.

GULF / BAY

A gulf is a large area of ocean partly surrounded by land.

CAPE

A cape is a high point of land that sticks out (sobresalir –

proyectarse) into a large body of water.

FJORDS & INLETS

An inlet is a bay, stream, or other narrow body of water that leads inland from a shore (coast).

A fjord is a long, narrow ocean inlet that passes between high and rocky banks (orilla) or steep cliffs (acantilado).

ISLANDS

An island is an area of land surrounded by water on all sides.

FJORDFJORD

GULFGULF

ISLANDISLAND

INLETINLET

PENINSULAPENINSULA

CAPECAPE

FJORDFJORD

GULFGULF

ISLANDISLAND

INLETINLET

PENINSULAPENINSULA

CAPECAPE

FJORDFJORD

GULFGULF

ISLANDISLAND

INLETINLET

PENINSULAPENINSULA

CAPECAPE

FJORDFJORD

GULFGULF

ISLANDISLAND

INLETINLET

PENINSULAPENINSULA

CAPECAPE

FJORDFJORD

GULFGULF

ISLANDISLAND

INLETINLET

PENINSULAPENINSULA

CAPECAPE

FJORDFJORD

GULFGULF

ISLANDISLAND

INLETINLET

PENINSULAPENINSULA

CAPECAPE