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wold geography ch15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Two challenges facing Russia in properly managing its resources | Transportation from distant areas, and how to use resources without damaging the environment |
| Two challenges facing Russia in properly managing its resources | Transportation from distant areas, and how to use resources without damaging the environment |
| cherozem | Black soil in Russia |
| Russia's three largest cities | Moscow, ST Petersburg, and Kieve |
| Russia's three largest cities | Moscow, ST Petersburg, and Kieve |
| Largest island sea in the world | Caspian sea |
| Oldest and deepest lake in the world | lake Baikal |
| Largest forest on Earth, located in Russia, and contains what type of trees | Tiga, cone barring trees |
| Land area of Russia in comparison to the US, how many time zones does it have | Three times larger, 11 time zones |
| loss of water volume of aral sea, percent lost and why | 80%, because of irrigation |
| steppe | Name for Temperate grasslands |
| 4 major vegetation regions of Russia | Tundra, forest, steppe, Desert |
| Russia is leading producer of what 2 natural resources | Oil, natural gas |
| Where most Russian people live | Northern European plane |
| What is unusual and unique to lake Baikal | Has the world's only fresh water seal |
| Transcaucasia | Region that consists of the republics of America,azerbaijan,and Georgia, located between the Caucasus mtns. and borders of turkey and Iran |
| Longest river on European continent | Volga river |
| Most varied temperatures on Earth Are found where | Siberia |
| Trans Siberian railroad, how many time zones does it cross | Travels faster, safer, crosses 7 time zones |
| Ural mountains | Dividing line between Europe and Asia |
| Part of Russia that lies in the continent of Asia | Siberia |
| Climate zones occupied by much of Russia and the republics | Tundra, Sub Arctic |
| where is a system of volcanic ranges located in Russia | Russian Far East region |