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Russia Central Asia Physical Notes
  • Unit 5

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Northern Landforms
  • 3 regions

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1. European Plain (Russian Plain)
  • From Poland to Ural Mnts.
  • Land is steppe, flat
  • Has most of the industry 75 of the people
  • Volga River longest in European Russia
  • Chernozem black topsoil, make Ukraine one of
    Eurasia's best farming areas.

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2. West Siberian Plain
  • From Ural Mnts. To Yenisei River
  • Marshes permafrost
  • Largest single area of flat land in the world
  • 1 million square miles
  • Ob Irtysh Rivers flow north are frozen 7-9
    months of the year

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3. Central Siberian Plateau Russian
Far East
  • Lies between Yenisei River Kamchatka Peninsula
  • Lena River is longest in former Soviet Union
  • Lake Baykal (Baikal) deepest lake in the world
    (just over a mile deep contains 1/5 of all
    fresh water in the world

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Russian Far East
  • Lena River to Pacific Ocean
  • Many mountains active volcanoes
  • Kamchatka Peninsula 25 active volcanoes

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Southern Landforms
  • 3 regions

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1. Turan Plains
  • Mostly dry arid land
  • Little fertile land
  • Kara Kum Kara Kyzyl
  • large deserts
  • Caspian Sea worlds largest inland body of
    water.
  • Highest and lowest points
  • Highest Communist Peak 24,590 ft.
  • Lowest Karagiye Depression 433ft.

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2. Caucasus Mountains
  • Located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
  • Rugged highlands
  • Separate Russia from Transcaucasia
  • Countries of Georgia, Azerbaijan Armenia

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3. Tian Shan Mountains
  • Separates Central Asia (the Stans) from South
    Asia
  • Very high peaks prevent moisture from reaching
    the region from the south
  • Rich in fossil fuels and mining resources

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Mountains Plateaus
  • Caucasus Mnts. (SW)
  • Ural Mnts.
  • Rich in minerals
  • Divide Europe and Asia
  • Eastern Siberian Uplands
  • Saian, Altai Kolyma Mountains

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Rivers
  • Lena
  • Ob
  • Yenisey (mostly frozen)
  • Don
  • Volga
  • Irtysh
  • Amur

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