Physical Geography of Russia

1
Chapter 15

• Physical Geography of Russia

2
Northern Landforms

• Northern European Plain
• Western Russia to Ural Mountains
• Chernozem black earth
• Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev
• 75 live here

3
Northern Landforms

• West Siberian Plain
• Ural Mountains
• Eurasia
• Tilts north rivers flow to Artic Ocean

4
(No Transcript)
5
Northern Landforms

• Central Siberian Plateau
• Russian Far East

6
Southern Landforms

• Caucasus Mountains
• Separates Black and Caspian Seas
• Transcaucasia
• Other mountains
• Central Asia

7
Southern Landforms

• Turan Plain
• Includes 2 large deserts

8
Rivers and Lakes

• Artic Basin regions largest
• Volga River Europes longest
• Caspian Sea saltwater lake, largest inland sea
• Aral Sea-has lost 80 of water content

9
(No Transcript)
10
(No Transcript)
11
(No Transcript)
12
Rivers and Lakes

• Lake Baikal
• Deepest lake in the world
• About 1 mile deep
• Holds 20 of worlds freshwater