GEOGRAPHY

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11. RUSSIA 5 THEMES GEOGRAPHY OF

12. LOCATIONEXACT • 40* E. - 170 * W. LONG

13. LOCATION

14. LOCATIONEXACT • 40* E. - 170 * W. LONG • 81 * N. - 35 * N. LAT • WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

15. LOCATION

16. LOCATION:RELATIVE • NORTHERN HEMISPHERE • EASTERN HEMISPHERE • tiny bit of Western Hemisphere

17. LOCATION

18. LOCATION

19. LOCATIONRELATIVE • CONTINENTS: EUROPE AND ASIA • NEIGHBORS:CHINA, MONGOLIA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, TURKEY, EASTERN EUROPE AND FINLAND • OCEANS: ARCTIC AND PACIFIC

20. LOCATIONRELATIVE • ONE OF ONLY TWO “EURASIAN” NATIONS • ASIATIC RUSSIA CALLED “SIBERIA”

21. EUROPE ASIA URAL MTs.

22. SIBERIA URAL MTs.

23. PLACESIZE • COVERS 1/6 OF THE WORLD’S SURFACE • CROSSES 11 OF 24 TIME ZONES • GIANT AMONG THE “GIGANTICS” • LARGEST OF 8 LARGEST COUNTRIES • OVER 8 MILLION SQ. MI. • LARGEST “LAKE”: CASPIAN SEA

24. PLACESIZE • LARGEST NATION IN WORLD • 6000 miles E-W • 2 X SIZE OF CANADA (#2) • LARGEST FOREST • LARGEST PLAIN • DEEPEST LAKE (BAiKAl) • LONGEST COASTLINE • MOST NEIGHBORS • EUROPEs LONGEST RIVER: VOLGA

25. PLACECLIMATE • 4 FACTORS DETERMINE CLIMATE

26. PLACECLIMATE • DISTANCE FROM EQUATOR: • LATITUDE • FAR NORTH OF EQUATOR: LITTLE DIRECT SUNLIGHT • AREAS NORTH OF ARCTIC CIRCLE EXPERIENCE POLAR NIGHT • 6 MONTHS DAY / NIGHT • PERMAFROST OR PERMANENTLY FROZEN GROUND

27. Arctic Circle Tropic of Cancer EQUATOR

28. PLACECLIMATE • WINDS: • COLD ARCTIC WINDS WHIP ACROSS TUNDRA • WARM SOUTHERN WINDS NEVER REACH RUSSIA

30. PLACECLIMATE • MOUNTAIN BARRIERS • WARM SOUTHERN WINDS OFF INDIAN OCEAN ARE BLOCKED BY HIMALAYAS • NO NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BLOCK ARCTIC WINDS

32. PLACECLIMATE • DISTANCE FROM OCEANS • MOST OF LAND IS FAR FROM WATER BODIES • MOISTURE FROM OCEANS CANNOT REACH INTERIOR

34. CLIMATE IS CONTINENTAL • TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: • TEMPS. RANGE 130*- -50* • HAVE 4 SEASONS, VARIED LENGTH • FAR FROM LARGE BODIES OF WATER • WATER MODERATES TEMP. • ...NO WATER, NO MODERATING EFFECT • HENCE: TEMP. EXTREMES

35. Bitter cold Moderate Mediterranean Temperature extremes

36. CLIMATE IS CONTINENTAL • PRECIPITATION: • RUSSIA IS ONE OF WORLDS DRIEST COUNTRIES • MOST OF IT IS FAR FROM WATER BODIES • MOISTURE CARRYING CLOUDS CANNOT REACH INTERIOR

37. Arid Semi Arid

38. REGIONSTOPOGRAPHY • FIVE CLIMATIC - VEGETATION ZONES • LAY IN BANDS EAST TO WEST • HAVE DISTINCT FLORA AND FAUNA • CLIMATE AND TOPOGRAPHY ARE UNIQUE TO EACH AREA

39. TUNDRA Tundra Taiga Steppe Mediterranean Desert

40. TUNDRA

41. REGIONSTOPOGRAPHY • TUNDRA • BORDERS ARCTIC OCEAN • REINDEER, ARCTIC HARES, FOXES, WOLVES, POLAR BEARS • NATIVE TRIBES - NOMADIC HERDERS • LOW HARDY GRASSES, MOSSES • PERMAFROST AND POLAR NIGHT • 4 SEASONS: ALL SHORT, BUT WINTER LONG, HARSH

42. TAIGA

43. REGIONSTOPOGRAPHY • TAIGA • FOREST ZONE • CONTAINS 1/4 OF WORLDS HARDWOOD • MOST TREES ARE BROADLEAF AND NEEDLELEAF • HARDWOODS AND PINES

44. STEPPE

45. REGIONSTOPOGRAPHY • STEPPE • COVERS GREAT PLAIN • MASSIVE GRASSLAND • RICH BLACK SOIL: CHERNOZEM • WHEAT MAJOR CROP • RUSSIA’S BREADBASKET

46. DESERT

47. REGIONSTOPOGRAPHY • DESERT • HOT, DRY, BARREN • WITH IRRIGATION, DESERT HAS BECOME PRODUCTIVE • GROW COTTON OTHER CROPS

48. MEDITERRANEAN

49. REGIONSTOPOGRAPHY • MEDITERRANEAN • VACATION AREA • RIMS THE BLACK SEA • LONG HOT DRY SUMMERS • SHORT MOIST WINTERS • GROW CITRUS FRUITS • MUCH LIKE SOUTHERN CALIF.

50. RUSSIA