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Russia and the Eurasian Republics. 1.1 Physical Geography. Russia and the Eurasia republics make up 1/6 th of the land surface on earth Russia is 6,000 miles long from east to west - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Russia and the Eurasian Republics
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1.1 Physical Geography
• Russia and the Eurasia republics make up 1/6th of the land surface on earth
• Russia is 6,000 miles long from east to west• Eurasia republics include: Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
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Geographic features
• Huge plains called steppes- Northern European Plain and West Siberian Plain
• Central Siberian Plateau• Oceans- Arctic to the north and Pacific to the
east• Deserts to the south• Mountains- Caucasus- Eurasian republics and
Ural in west central Russia
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1.2 Land of Extreme Climates
• ½ of the land in Russia is permafrost• Winters are cold- some areas have 60 below zero
temperatures• Winters are also dark- some areas have darkness all
day for more than a month• Vegetation is affected by the climate– Tundra – only small plants, few trees– Taiga- forest area– Agriculture is limited to western plains( Black and Caspian
Sea areas) Herding in arid and semiarid areas
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1.3 Natural resources
• Among the richest in the world in resources– Oil and natural gas in Eurasia– Peat – – Hydroelectric power- – Iron ore, aluminum, gold, copper, platinum,
uranium, cobalt, manganese and chrome• Resources are hard to reach in Siberia– Remote locations– Permafrost makes harvesting resources very difficult
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1.4 Central Asian Landscapes
• Efforts to grow cotton in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with irrigation have led to the shrinking of the Aral Sea
• Problems– Heavy fertilizer and pesticide residues were left in the land– Loss of habitat for both plants and animals– Threat to humans- toxic chemical in the land– Fishing industry was almost non existent
• Dams were built in 2005 in Kazakhstan to save the North Aral Sea