Landforms and Resources
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Russia and the Republics take up a huge land area
 Russia is the _____________ country in the world
 ______ times the land area of the US
 Spreads across the continents of Asia and Europe
 West of the _______ Mountains = ____________
 East of the ________ Mountains = ____________
 Crosses 11 _____________________
 Nearly ___________ of the earth’s land surface
 Divided into the Northern European Plain, the West Siberian Plain, the Central Siberian
Plateau, and the Russia Far East
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Former Soviet Republics (15) – all part of the Soviet Union 1922 – 1991
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Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Estonia; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lithuania;
Moldova; Russia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan
Northern European Plain
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Stretches for 1000 miles from western border of __________ to the_____________________
Because of the fertile soil in the region, this is a major __________________ area
_______ of the region’s _______________________ people live in this plain
3 of the area’s ____________ ____________ are in this region: Moscow, Russia’s capital; St.
Petersburg, and Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine
West Siberian Plain
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The__________________________ separate the Northern European and West Siberian plains
Some geographers say the Ural Mountains separate Europe and Asia
Others consider Europe and Asia to be one continent called _________________
Central Siberian Plateau and the Far East
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An area of high plateaus, mountains, and uplands
The Russian Far East contains ___________________________, peninsulas and islands
Southern Landforms
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The _____________ Mountains run between the Black and Caspian Seas and form the border
between Russia and Transcaucasia
 __________________________: a region that contains Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
 Central Asia: the region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
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Rivers and Lakes
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Major rivers in the region include the Lena, the Yenisey, and the Volga
 The ____________ is the______________river on the European continent and carries about
60% of Russia’s river traffic
 Major lakes in the region include the Aral and Caspian Seas are saltwater lakes
 Both are saltwater lakes
 The __________________ is the largest inland sea in the world
 The ____________________ has lost _________ of its water volume since the 1960’s
 Major ___________ projects have diverted water away from the rivers that feed the Aral
 ______________ and _______________ in runoff were carried by rivers and streams into
the Aral Sea
 Killed all the native ___________
 As water ___________________, windstorms blew ___________________ onto nearby
populations causing an increase in disease
 __________________________ is the deepest lake in the world
 At its deepest, it is more than a mile deep
 It holds ____________ of the world’s freshwater
 Thousands of species of plants and animals live in the lake
Regional Resources
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Russia and the Republics have a wealth of _________________________ but have struggled
with how to manage them
 Challenge: how to transport resources over __________________________,
__________________________, and __________________________
The area has huge reserves of _____________, _____________, and other ______________
It is a leading producer of __________and natural gas
Russia holds ________ of the world’s _______________
One of the world’s largest producers of __________________ power
Many of the region’s resources are located in _________________
 The part of Russia that lies on the continent of _____________
 Businesses find it difficult to attract workers to this area
 ________________________________--- long distances between places make
communication and transportation difficult
Political and economic change in recent years has made ____________________ resources
difficult
Climate and Vegetation
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The region is so vast that there is a ________ __________ of climates
 Areas in a Siberian town of Oymyakon have reported temperatures of _________ degrees
 In areas of ___________________, the climate is pleasant and used to be a vacation spot
before ethnic conflict made travelling dangerous
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