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Natural Environments

Natural Environments. Key Terms. Icebreakers Taiga. Landforms and Rivers. Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus cover about 12 percent of the world’s land area Eurasia is the name given to this area Russia is the world’s largest country by area Ural Mountains divide the region

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Natural Environments

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  1. Natural Environments

  2. Key Terms • Icebreakers • Taiga

  3. Landforms and Rivers • Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus cover about 12 percent of the world’s land area • Eurasia is the name given to this area • Russia is the world’s largest country by area • Ural Mountains divide the region • West (Ukraine and Belarus) Europe • East lies in Asia • Highest point in Europe • Mount Elbrus • Caucasus region suffers from severe earthquakes

  4. Landforms and Rivers • Ukraine contains the Pripet Marshes • Largest swamp in Europe • Ural mountains are more like high rolling hills • Dnieper, Don, and Volga are three of the largest south-flowing rivers in the region • Lake Baikal, which is in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world • 1/5 of the worlds fresh water

  5. Climates and Vegetation • Much of the country lies in the humid continental, subarctic, and tundra climate regions • Permafrost is widespread and deep • Most of the rivers and water a frozen over • North contains tundra vegetation • South contains taiga • Farther south contains deciduous=coniferous forest

  6. Natural Resources • Russia’s forest, energy, and mineral resources are among the richest in the world • Taiga provides wood for building products and paper pulp • Coal, hydroelectricity, natural gas, and oil are main energy resources • Contains pipelines carries fuel form Moscow • Russia and Ukraine have many large coal mines.

  7. Questions to Consider • What are the three main rivers in the region? • Explain the economy of this area • What is the largest lake in the world? What is the highest point in Russia? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BKKRa1S2E • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_b8wm4rx6w • After • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3vz0PbtlWU • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9xuquibQc

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