Physical Map of Russia
Map Instructions:
-Print legibly in blue or black ink ONLY
-Use map pencils ONLY (no markers, crayons, or highlighters)
-No abbreviations
-Include your name
-Give your map a title
-Include a compass rose
**Label each feature on your map by writing the name, THEN color the feature according to directions (do not simply color the
name)
-States / countries should be in ALL CAPS, everything else is upper and lower case
*After you have labeled a feature, check it off this list
-Be sure to follow all directions carefully
RUSSIA PHYSICAL FEATURES (use pgs: A-14 A-21, 336, 347 and any atlas)
Bodies of water and rivers: (label, then color blue)
Arctic Ocean
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Aral Sea
Baltic Sea
Barents Sea
Dnieper River
Ural River
Lake Baikal
Ob River
Amur River
Volga River
Plains and basins: (label, then color green)
Caspian Depression
Turan Plain
Kirghiz Steppe
West Siberian Plain
Central Siberian Plateau
North European Plain
Mountains and Uplands: (label, then color brown)
Sayan Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Yablonovy Mountains
Altai (Altay) Mountains
Tian Shan
Stanovoy Range
Ural Mountains
Kolyma Mountains
Verkhoyansk Range
Peninsulas and islands: (label, then color yellow)
Sakhalin Is.
New Siberian Is.
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kola Peninsula
Wrangel Is.
Deserts: (label, then color orange)
Kyzyl Kum Desert
Kara Kum Desert
Crimean Peninsula
Chukchi Peninsula
Kazakh Upland
Mt. Elbrus
Cherskiy Range