Russia

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Russia Central Asia Physical Notes

• Unit 5

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Northern Landforms

• 3 regions

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1. European Plain (Russian Plain)

• From Poland to Ural Mnts.
• Land is steppe, flat
• Has most of the industry 75 of the people
• Volga River longest in European Russia
• Chernozem black topsoil, make Ukraine one of
  Eurasia's best farming areas.

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2. West Siberian Plain

• From Ural Mnts. To Yenisei River
• Marshes permafrost
• Largest single area of flat land in the world
• 1 million square miles
• Ob Irtysh Rivers flow north are frozen 7-9
  months of the year

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3. Central Siberian Plateau Russian
Far East

• Lies between Yenisei River Kamchatka Peninsula
• Lena River is longest in former Soviet Union
• Lake Baykal (Baikal) deepest lake in the world
  (just over a mile deep contains 1/5 of all
  fresh water in the world

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Russian Far East

• Lena River to Pacific Ocean
• Many mountains active volcanoes
• Kamchatka Peninsula 25 active volcanoes

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Southern Landforms

• 3 regions

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1. Turan Plains

• Mostly dry arid land
• Little fertile land
• Kara Kum Kara Kyzyl
• large deserts
• Caspian Sea worlds largest inland body of
  water.
• Highest and lowest points
• Highest Communist Peak 24,590 ft.
• Lowest Karagiye Depression 433ft.

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2. Caucasus Mountains

• Located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
• Rugged highlands
• Separate Russia from Transcaucasia
• Countries of Georgia, Azerbaijan Armenia

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3. Tian Shan Mountains

• Separates Central Asia (the Stans) from South
  Asia
• Very high peaks prevent moisture from reaching
  the region from the south
• Rich in fossil fuels and mining resources

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Mountains Plateaus

• Caucasus Mnts. (SW)
• Ural Mnts.
• Rich in minerals
• Divide Europe and Asia
• Eastern Siberian Uplands
• Saian, Altai Kolyma Mountains

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Rivers

• Lena
• Ob
• Yenisey (mostly frozen)
• Don
• Volga
• Irtysh
• Amur

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