Russia vocab 1

Question 1

continentality

Answer 1

a measure of the difference between continental and marine climates characterized by the increased range of temperatures that occurs over land compared with water

Question 2

chernozem

Answer 2

humus-rich grassland soils used extensively for growing cereals or for raising livestock

Question 3

siberia

Answer 3

vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan, constituting all of northern Asia

Question 4

taiga

Answer 4

evergreen forest in cool, northern latitudes

Question 5

tundra

Answer 5

cold, treeless region in arctic and antarctic climates

Question 6

deciduous

Answer 6

trees that drop their leaves for part of the year

Question 7

coniferous

Answer 7

trees that grow needles instead of leaves and cones instead of flowers

Question 8

European plain

Answer 8

a plain in Europe and is a major feature of one of four major topographical units of europe, the central and interior lowlands

Question 9

caucasus

Answer 9

mountain system and region lying between the black sea (west) and the Caspian sea (east) and occupied by Russia, Georgia, azerbaijan, and armenia

Question 10

Ural mountains

Answer 10

a mountain range in the W Russian federation, extending N and S from the arctic ocean to near the Caspian sea, forming a natural boundary between Europe and asia

Question 11

lena

Answer 11

a river in Siberia, flowing into the arctic ocean

Question 12

volga

Answer 12

the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world

Question 13

Kara kum

Answer 13

a desert in central asia

Question 14

kyzyl kum

Answer 14

a red sand desert in central asia

Question 15

lake baikal

Answer 15

the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world