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Take Five…

Take Five…. Look at the Regional Data File on pages 342 & 343. What can you infer about the following: Literacy rates Infant mortality rates GDP. Chp 15: Russia and the Republics. Physical Geography . Landforms & Resources. Russia and its republics = 3x the U.S. territory

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  1. Take Five… • Look at the Regional Data File on pages 342 & 343. What can you infer about the following: • Literacy rates • Infant mortality rates • GDP

  2. Chp 15: Russia and the Republics Physical Geography

  3. Landforms & Resources • Russia and its republics = 3x the U.S. territory • 1/6 of the earth’s land surface

  4. Northern Landforms Northern European Plain Chernozem—abundant rich black soil 75% of the regions people live on the plain 3 largest cities are located there: Moscow, St. Petersburg & Kiev West Siberian Plain Ural Mountains—Separate the N European & W Siberian Plains Eurasia Central Siberian Plateau & Russian Far East Uplands, Mountains & High Plateaus

  5. Moscow

  6. St. Petersburg

  7. Kiev

  8. Southern Landforms • Caucasus Mountains—from Black Sea to Caspian Sea • Also a border between Russia and Transcaucasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan & Georgia) • Turan Plain • Lowland from Caspian Sea-uplands of Central Asia • Syr Darya & Amu Darya Rivers • Kara Dum & Kyzyl Kum Deserts • Central Asia—Kazkhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan • Contribute to arid climate

  9. Caucasus Mountains

  10. Kara Kum Desert

  11. Central Asia

  12. Wally Points… • What are the 2 largest lakes in the region of Russia and its Republics? • Why is Lake Baikal unique?

  13. Rivers and Lakes • Volga River—longest in European basin drains into the Caspian Sea • 60% of Russia’s river traffic • Largest lakes • Caspian & Aral Seas • Saltwater lakes • Lake Baikal • World’s deepest lake • 20% of the world’s fresh water • Freshwater Seal

  14. Volga River

  15. Lake Baikal

  16. Freshwater Seal

  17. Natural Resources • Coal, iron ore, metals, natural gas, oil, petroleum, timber, hydroelectric power • 1/5 of world’s timber • Siberia • Tundra • Thermal pollution • Reverse migration

  18. Siberia

  19. Norilsk • Nickel mining town • Not accessible by road • Government subsidies—command economy • Decline in demand—market economy • Unemployment & poverty

  20. Chp 15: Climate & Vegetation • Climate of Extremes • Continentality

  21. Take Five… • Complete the Skill Builder questions on pg 351

  22. Vegetation • Tundra—few species of vegetation • Forest • Taiga—largest forest on earth • Steppe • Grassland • Chernozem • Desert

  23. Read Section 3… • Review Section 3: Human-Environment Interaction….you will have a timed writing over this section

  24. Chp 15: Human-Environment Interaction • In Class Assignment…Timed Writing… • 5 paragraphs on the following question: Why has the Aral Sea lost about 80% of its water since 1960?

  25. Aral Sea

  26. Why is the Aral Sea Shrinking? • From 1960 has lost 80% of its water • Why? • Government diverting water from 2 river sources to irrigate Central Asian fields • Project to irrigation the Kara Kum • Pesticide and fertilizer runoff • Exposed chemicals has led to pollution and increase in disease

  27. How Can the Aral Sea be Saved? • Drastic measures • Removing farmland • Stopping the Kara Kum project

  28. The Russian Winter • 32 million people live in Siberia • Vast climate ranges • -90F to 94F • Freezing temperatures • Melting snows in the spring causes stagnant pools of water

  29. Russia’s Harsh Winters…Serve to Protect • “Scorched earth policy”

  30. Crossing the “Wild East” • Connecting the East to the West • Trans-Siberian Railroad • Moscow to Vladivostok • Covers 5,700 miles • Crosses 7 time zones • Aided in the political and economic development of Russia

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