Russia and the Republics Ch 15

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Russia and the RepublicsCh 15
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Northern Landforms

• Intro
• 1/6 of world landmass
• North European Plain
• Lowland
• In west to Ural Mtns
• Chernozem fertile soil of plain
• Lots of agriculture here
• 75 of population
• Moscow (Russian cap), St Petersburg, Kiev
  (Ukraine)

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West Siberian Plain

• E of Urals to Yenisey R
• Arctic O to foothills of Altay Mtns
• Slopes downhill to N
• Rivers drain to Arctic O

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Central Siberian Plateau and Russian Far East

• Uplands and mtns dominant
• High plateaus
• 1-2000 ft
• Far East
• E of Lena R
• Volcanic ranges
• Kamchatka peninsula
• 120 volcanoes
• 20 active
• Sakhalin, Kuril Islands
• Seized from Japan after WWII
• Japan still claims

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Southern landforms

• Caucasus and Other Mtns
• Caucasus
• btw Black and Caspian Seas
• form border btw Russia and Transcaucasia
• Trans Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
• Further east
• Tian Shan and others
• Southeastern border of Central Asia
• Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan,
  Uzbekistan
• Block moisture from south
• Create arid climate in central Asia

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Turan Plain

• Lowlands
• East of Caspian
• 2 rivers
• Syr Darya
• Amu Darya
• Very dry area 2 deserts
• Kara Kum
• Kyzyl Kum

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Rivers and Lakes

• Drainage Basins and Rivers
• Drainage basinarea drained by river
  tributaries
• Arctic Basin
• Ob
• Yenisey
• Lena
• 31,750,000 cubic ft/sec
• Caspian
• Volga
• Longest river in Europe
• 60 Russias river traffic

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Volga drainage basin
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Lakes

• Caspian
• Saltwater
• 750 mi N-S
• Largest inland sea-world
• Aral
• Saltwater
• Lost 80 water since 1960
• Extensive irrigation
• Vanish soon

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Aral Sea
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Lake Baikal

• Deepest in world
• 1 mile
• 400 mi N-S
• 20 worlds fresh water
• 1200 species unique to lake

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Regional Resources

• Intro
• Lots of resources
• Transportation difficult
• Abundant Resources
• Coal
• Iron, metals
• Oil gas
• Forests
• 1/5 world total
• Hydroelectric-rivers

• Resource Management
• Harvest and transport difficult
• Harsh climate
• Long distances
• Siberia
• Source of many resources
• In far east long distances
• Frigid temps
• Environmental damage
• Mining
• Oil/gas production
• Thermal pollution
• Hot discharge from dams/hydroel plants
• Little govt control of pollution

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Forests
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An explosion at Russia's largest power
generatorthe Sayano-Shushenkaya hydroelectric
plant in Siberiahas killed at least 12 people,
and another 64 are thought to be lost in the
wreckage. It's an environmental disaster of
monumental proportions in addition to the tragic
deaths, the damaged plant has released an oil
slick over 10 miles of the surface of nearby
Yenisei River
August, 2009
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