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Chapter 15: Russia
World GeographyMr. Allen
Russia By far the world’s largest
country, it covers nearly twice the territory of Canada, the second largest.
Russia It extends across the whole of
northern Asia and the eastern third of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a great range of environments and landforms, from deserts to semiarid steppes to deep forests and Arctic tundra.
Russia: Climate
The enormous size and the remoteness of many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the humid continental and subarctic climate, which is prevalent in European and Asian Russia except for the tundra and the extreme southeast.
Ural Mountains Mountain range
that separates the Northern European and West Siberian plains; Dividing line between Europe and Asia.
Caucasus Mountains Form the
border between Russia and Transcaucasia.
Chernozem The fertile soil found on the
Northern European Plain. Many agricultural areas are located on the Northern European Plain as a result of the abundance of Chernozem.
Volga River
The longest river on the European continent.
Lake Baikal
The oldest and deepest lake in the world.
Siberia A region known for
frigid temperatures as well as its many natural resources. Though Siberia is known for its extremely cold winters, warmer weather also brings a problem of mosquitoes and other insects.
Continentality Term used to describe a region's
distance away from the moderating influence of the sea.
Russia's large size means that its temperatures and the amount of rainfall it receives is influenced by Continentality.
Vegetation of Russia Forest Steppe Tundra
Aral Sea Damaged by efforts
to use its waters for irrigation of nearby farms. Due to the pollution of the Aral Sea, the population of the region has experienced an increase in diseases.
Permafrost The term that is used to describe
the permanently frozen subsoil in Siberia.
In Siberia, builders have to take special precautions with their buildings because of permafrost.
Turan Plain A dry lowland
area that includes the Karakum and Kyzylkum deserts (2 main deserts). Between the Caspian Sea and the mountains of Central Asia.
Thermal Pollution The discharge
of unusually hot water from dams and manufacturing plants.
Taiga Gives Russia
and the Republics the resources to produce one-fifth of the world's timber.
Eurasia The name
given to Europe and Asia by those who think of Europe and Asia as one continent.
Transcaucasia The region
that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
Runoff Rainfall that
is not absorbed by the soil.
Trans-Siberian Railway A network of
railways connecting Moscow and European Russia with the Russian Far East provinces, Mongolia, China and the Sea of Japan.
Trans-Siberian Railway Increased access to the
mineral wealth of the region surrounding it…