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Climate and grography

-Originated in present day Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway) south of the Baltic Sea. -Winter of 409 AD crosses the frozen Rhine river-settled in the Danube Valley, then slowly traveled through France. -Reached the Pyrenees mountains that separated France from Spain -429-moved to Africa, crossed straits of Gibraltar in boats

Pyrenees mountains- a range of mountains in South-Western Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain.

Strait of Gibraltar- connects the Atlantic ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Morocco

Climate of North-West Europe- far milder than lands of similar latitudes of North America and Asia, due to a warm ocean current called the north Atlantic drift. Mountain regions block the air masses from the Mediterranean Region-which has a hotter, dryer climate.