1. gravity keeps the water moving downward or just in general
2. the water has to move across the surface for so long till eventually it just erodes away.
those are the only two i know sorry.
The correct answer is: Russia (although big parts of Russia are not in Eastern Europe but in Asia.
Russia has a huge territory which is generally very empty, especially in the North, where the conditions are harsh -there are only 150 million people in Russia, 10 million of which live in or near Moscow.
Answer:
his mothers tongue probably belonged to the Spanish language group