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RUSSIA AND THE REPUBLICS:LANDFORMS AND RESOURCES
Chapter 15 – Section 1
Pages 344- 349
TEKS: 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 5A, 6A, 7B, 8A, 8D, 11B, 21A, 21C, 22A, 22B, 22C
RUSSIA BY LAND MASS RUSSIA BY POPULATION
NORTHERN EUROPEAN PLAIN: MAJORITY OF POPULATION
One of the world’s most abundant soils, chernozem, is on this plain.
Nearly 75 percent of the region’s people live on this plain.
Three of the region’s largest cities are here.
LARGE PORTIONS OF COLD FOREST
Large amount of forest known as taiga.
Area gets low rainfall throughout the year
Extremely cold temperatures.
MOUNTAINS LEAD TO CERTAIN CLIMATES Mountain ranges like
the Caucasus Mountains block moist air from getting to the area from the South.
Several areas in Central Asia are semiarid or desert.
TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
RIVERS AND LAKES IN AREA
Caspian/Aral Seas – once two large saltwater lakes.
Massive irrigation has taken away most of the water of the Aral Sea.
RIVERS AND LAKES IN AREA (CONT.)
Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world – holds 20% of world’s freshwater.
In one spot, it is more than a mile from the surface to the bottom.
The river’s regions flow through a several drainage basins, like the Arctic Sea, Caspian Sea, Baltic Sea and Pacific Ocean.
RUSSIA’S RESOURCE CHALLENGE
The region has large amounts of coal, iron ore, oil and timber.
Harsh climates and landforms make it difficult to transport the goods.
It’s hard to entice workers to these regions.