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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chemozem | black topsoil/black earth |
| ural mountains | the mtn. range that separate the northern European and west Siberian Planes and used as the dividing line between Europe and Asia |
| eurasia | They combine continent of Europe and Asia |
| transcaucasia | Region that consists of the republics of America,azerbaijan,and Georgia, located between the Caucasus mtns. and borders of turkey and Iran |
| central asia | region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan,tajikistan,turkmenistan,and Uzbekistan |
| turan plain | extensive lowland that lies between the caspain sea and the mtns and uplands of central asia.much of it is very dry / contains 2 large deserts |
| arctic basin | Russia's largest river basin |
| volga river | Longest river only European continent |
| siberia | A region of central and eastern Russia con stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its Menu resources and for being a place of political exile |
| thermal pollution | Dirty hot water |
| continentality | A region's Distance from the moderating influence of the sea |
| taiga | And nearly continuous belt of Evergreen coniferous Forest across the northern hemisphere, in North America and Eurasia |
| steppe | Name of the temperate grassland that extends from Southern Ukraine through Kazakhstan To the altay Mountains |
| runoff | Rainfall not absorbed by soil which can Carry pesticides and fertilizer from fields into rivers , endangering the food chain |
| trans-siberian railroad | A railroad that would eventually link Moscow to the Pacific Port of Vladivostok/ Built between 1891 and 1903 |
| lake baikal | Russia/ Deepest Lake in the world |