Howstuffworks "Other Physical Features of Europe"

Balkan States

Balkan States, or Balkans, the countries occupying the Balkan Peninsula in southern Europe.

Banat

Banat, originally a territory of Hungary, Croatia, or Slavonia ruled by a ban, or governor.

Bessarabia

Bessarabia, a historic region in southeastern Europe. Most of Bessarabia is in Moldova, the rest in Ukraine.

Bohemia

Bohemia, a historic region of central Europe that in the Middle Ages was a powerful kingdom.

Brabant

Brabant, a former duchy that included the present Brabant and Antwerp provinces in Belgium and North Brabant province in the Netherlands.

Brandenburg

Brandenburg, the German feudal territory that became the political center of the kingdom of Prussia.

Brenner Pass

Brenner Pass, the lowest pass in the main chain of the Alps—4,508 feet (1,374 m) at the summit.

Bucovina, or Bukovina, a region of east-central Europe. It lies chiefly in the upper courses of the Prut and Siret rivers, and extends from the Dniester River in the northeast to the Carpathian Mountains in the southwest.

Cape Finisterre

Finisterre, Cape, the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland. It is in La Coruña province, jutting into the Atlantic.

Castile

Castile, a region and formerly a kingdom in northern and central Spain. In the northern part, called Old Castile, the leading cities are Santander and Burgos.

Crimea

Crimea,a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea. It is part of Ukraine. On the north, the peninsula is connected with the mainland of Europe by the Perekop Isthmus.

Engadine

Engadine, a valley of the upper Inn River in Graubünden (Grisons) canton, Switzerland.

Firth

Firth, a Scottish term applied to some coastal waters, especially estuaries. Notable firths include the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth.

Flanders

Flanders, a region in the Low Countries of western Europe. Although a county of France during medieval times, Flanders was practically an independent state.

Galloway

Galloway, a region in extreme southwestern Scotland. Dairying is the main industry.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar, a British dependency on the southern coast of Spain. It consists of a town and fortress on and adjoining the Rock of Gibraltar, a mountainous promontory.