Russia physical Flashcards
Size of Russia and the republic
Three times USA, 11 time zones, 1/6th of earth= 8 and a half million
Northern Russia geographical location
Streches 1,000 miles from the boarder to the Ural mountains
Northern European plain’s best features
1- It has the most fertile soil in the world-chernozem- Making it the most agricultural place in the region
2- The soil is located 3 miles underground.
3- 3 of the biggest cities of Russia are located in the North: Moscow, St. Petesburg, and Kiev.
What are the 3 northern plains
1- Northern European plain
2- western Siberian plain
3- middle Siberian plateau
4- Russian Far east
What seperates Northern European plain and western Siberian plain?
The Ural mountains, which some people also consider a dividing line between Asia and Europe.
West Siberean plain location
It lies between the Urals and the Yenisey river, and between the shore of the arctic ocean and foothill of the Atlay mountain.
Why do rivers in the west Siberean plain flow towards the arctic?
Because the plain tilts northward
central siberean plateau’s platforms
1- Dominant platforms are mountains
2- Mountains there have an average of 1000-2000 ft
3- it lies east to the Yenisey river and west to the lena river.
Southern landform of Russia landforms
It is ruled by towering mountains, barren uplands, and grasslands.
1- The Caucasus and other mountains
2- The Turan plain.
What is Transcaucasia
It’s a republic that consists of: Armenia, Azrebejan, and Georgia.
Caucasus mountain’s location
They create a boarder between Transcaucasia and Russia.
Tian Shan mountains
Mountains in southern Russia to the east of the Caucasus mountains. Tian Shan mountains creates a boarder between Russia and the southerneastern boarder of Cential Asia, they are so high that they prevent air from coming from the south.
Central Asia
A republic in the centre of Asia that includes: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The Turan plain location
between the Caspian sea and uplands of central Asia.
Turan plain rivers
Syr Daria, Amu Daria
Turan plain deserts
Kara Kum, Kyzyl kum
Turan plain’s climate
much of the lowland is very dry
Main drainage basin passages in Russia
1- Arctic ocean 2- Pacific ocean 3- Baltic sea 4- Black sea 5- Aral sea 6- Caspian sea
Arctic basin (largest basin) rivers
1- OB
2- Yenisey
3- Lena
Caspian basin river
The Volga river, it is the largest river in the European region of Russia. It carries 60% of the river traffic.
Two largest lakes of Russia
1- Caspian sea
2- Aral sea
Caspian sea
1- saltwater
2- streches 750 miles which makes it the largest inland sea.
Aral sea
1- lost 87% of water
2- Kazakhstan built a dam to separate the northern Aral from Southern Aral(which is saltier and more polluted). The northern part recovered.
Lake Baikal
1- Deepest lake in the world
2- 20% of the world’s fresh water is in it
3- many animals including the world’s only fresh water seal are unique to it.
