Russia Flashcards
How big is Russia?
6.6 million square miles
World’s largest country
Russia
What continent(s) hold Russia?
Europe and Asia
How many time zones does Russia have?
11
How many countries does Russia border?
14 countries
Boundary between European Russia and Asian Russia
Ural Mountains
Are the Ural Mountains new?
No, they’re old and worn-down
What are the Ural Mountains rich in?
Iron ore
Oil
Natural Gas
between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
Caucasus Mountains
Russia’s highest peak; 18,510 ft
Mount Elbrus
1600 to 2300 feet in elevation
Central Siberian Plateau
What is Russia’s capital city?
Moscow
Name Russia’s longest river?
Yenisey River
Name Russia’s port city on the Pacific Ocean.
Valadivotok
-in eastern Russia; has more than 100 volcanoes
Kamchatka Peninsula
-about 75% of the Russian population located here
North European Plain
_____ and _____, two of the most populated cities, are here.
Moscow and St. Petersburg
-flat, poorly drained, with swamps and lakes
Northern part
-navigable waterways and rich, black topsoil
Southern part
- rich, black topsoil found in the southern half of the N. European Plain
chernozem
-largest area of flat land; 1 million square miles
West Siberian Plain
Russia has the longest continuous ________ of any nation in the world.
coastline
Russia has few ports that are __-free ____.
Ice free
Year round
largest inland body of water in the world; really a saltwater lake
Caspian Sea
Important warm water sea that flows into the Mediterranean
Black Sea
in southern Siberia, oldest and deepest lake in the world; has 20% of the world’s total freshwater supply.
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is __ miles long and __ miles wide and over a ___ deep.
400 miles long
40 miles wide
Over a mile deep
Lake Baikal has been ____ for years by ____.
Polluted for years becuase of runoff from paper and pulp factories
Russians use their long rivers for:
Draining & Irrigating large areas of land
Transporting routes
Sources of electric power
-most important River in european Russia
Volga River
2/3 of Russia’s water traffic is on the ____ River
Volga
Siberia has a lot of marshes and swamps because:
Most rivers flow northward and are frozen for most of the year
-forms the border between Russia and China
Amur River
Where is Siberia’s main food producing area?
By the Amur River
Russia has huge reserves of ____.
Mineral fuels
Russia has what kind of mineral fuels?
- large petroleum deposit
- 16% of world’s coal deposits
- world’s largest producer of natural gas
Russia leads world in producing _____.
Hydroelectricity
Only __ of Russia’s land can be used for agriculture.
10%
-permanently frozen later of soil beneath the surface of the ground
Permafrost
-from Ukraine to SW Siberia (250 million acres of fertile land)
Black Earth Belt
The Black Earth Belt is the leading producer of ___,___,___,&____.
Wheat
Rye
Barley
Beets
what are he two major climate zones of the region?
Humid continental- North European Plain
Subarctic- Siberia
About ___ of Russia is located above the U.S.
75%
Both coniferous and deciduous trees
Mixed forest
Largest forest region in the world
Taiga
Thick clumps of trees and wide open spaces
Steppes
Barren with little vegetation
Semidesert and Desert
The sea is the largest inland body of water in the world
Caspian Sea
The last czar of Russia.
Nicholas 2
What is the black Earth belt?
Fertile lands, breadbasket of Russia
What type of climate dominates Russia
Sub arctic
This river connects Moscow to the Caspian Sea
Volga River
This is the worlds largest freshwater lake also oldest and deepest
Lake Baikal
A river in Siberia is the
Lena river
Symbol of US us are located in the Red Square in Moscow housed Soviet government
Kremlin
About three quarters of the Russian people live here
North European plain
Russia has____reserves of____resources
Huge
Mineral
The Volga River connects Moscow with which body of water
Caspian Sea
The Amur River founds this boundary
China and Russia
______ Was the first leader of the USSR
Lenin
The vast treeless plains in the north of Russia
Tundra
The____is the longest river in European Russia
Volga River
These mountains form a natural boundary between Europe and Asia
Ural mountains
The rich, black topsoil found on the north European plane
Chernozem
Important warm water sea that flows into the Mediterranean
Black Sea
Huge area that contains coniferous forest
Taiga
Mountains and which Russia’s highest point is found
Caucasus Mountains
Russians taiga is the world’s largest
Forest region
Russia spans____continents and__are__time zones
Two
Eleven
Micronesia gained independence from this world power
United States
Russia has few ports that are free from____year-round
Ice
Identify mixed forest
Coniferous and deciduous
