GEOG 1700 Lecture 16: North and Central Eurasia
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Geog 1700 lecture 16 - north and central eurasia. Distance from nyc la slightly shorter than moscow. Historical ties between russia and other countries in region. Fennoscandian ice sheet covered western portion of northern eurasia. Baltic states, belarus, ukraine, moldova, and w russia. Divided e european plane from w siberian plain. Formed with plate collision in building pangea. Formed in rift valley between amurian plate and siberian shield. Amurian plate: lake baikal s and e across korean pen. Millions years from now, eurasian plate will split at this area. Whole area= n of 40 degrees north. > russia at or above 60 degrees north. Number of sunlight at 40 degrees north: 14. 8 hours in summer solstice, 9. 2 hours winter solstice. Number of sunlight at 60 degrees north: 18. 6 hours in summer solstice, 5. 4 hours winter solstice. Lack of insolation = intense cold e. siberia. Low pressure system dominates in sw asia and wewak high pressure system at north pole.
