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RUSSIA

RUSSIA. Geography. Major Geographic Features. Larges country in the world Former colonial power Population and development concentrated in the west (west of Ural Mountains). Culturally diverse, but dominated by the Russian culture. Ports are limited due to climate/ice. Dimension.

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RUSSIA

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  1. RUSSIA Geography

  2. Major Geographic Features • Larges country in the world • Former colonial power • Population and development concentrated in the west (west of Ural Mountains). • Culturally diverse, but dominated by the Russian culture. • Ports are limited due to climate/ice.

  3. Dimension • Spans 11 Time Zones • From East to West: Gulf of Finland to Alaska • From North to South: Above the Arctic Circle to Salt Lake • Twice the size of the United States

  4. Russia’s Regions • RUSSIAN PLAIN • EASTWARD CONTINUATION OF NORTH EUROPEAN PLAIN • CORE AREA (MOSCOW) • URAL MOUNTAINS • 2,000 MILES LONG (NORTH-SOUTH) • SOURCE OF MINERALS • WEST SIBERIAN PLAIN • WORLD’S LARGEST LOWLANDS • PERMAFROST

  5. Regions of Russia Europe Pacific Ocean U R A L S Siberia Russian Plains

  6. Ural Mountains • NORTH-SOUTH LENGTH COVERS 2000 MILES • CENTRAL URALS ARE THE LOWEST SECTION AND INCLUDE SEVERAL KEY CROSSING PLACES • URAL FORESTS AND MINERALS HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION • SOURCE OF AT LEAST TWENTY DIFFERENT COMMERCIALLY USABLE MINERALS

  7. Siberian Plain • THE WORLD’S LARGEST CONTINUOUS LOWLAND • INCLUDES SEVERAL MAJOR RIVER BASINS • SPARSELY SETTLED • LIMITED ACCESS • RESTRICTIVE CLIMATE • PERMAFROST

  8. Restrictive Climate • AGRICULTURE • SHORT GROWING SEASONS • EROSION (ACCELERATED VIA SNOW MELT) • SETTLEMENT PATTERNS & TRANSPORTATION (limited) • INDUSTRY • HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION (for heat) • EXTRACTION (more expensive in permafrost)

  9. Trans-Siberian Railroad

  10. Siberia • LARGER THAN THE U.S., LESS THAN 15 MILLION PEOPLE • CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT • DISTANCE • COLD TEMPERATURES • ARCTIC WINDS • POOR SOILS • RESOURCE POTENTIAL • PRECIOUS MINERALS • METALLIC ORES • OIL AND NATURAL GAS • TIMBER

  11. Yakutsk, SiberiaWhat is the temperature today? http://www.bing.com/weather/search?q=Yakutsk%20temp&unit=F&qpvt=Yakutsk+temp&FORM=DTPWEA

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