ISS 315 Lecture 9: Week 9 - Russia
5 Dec 2017
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Russia: maps of russian region redrawn in 1990, after disintegration of ___________, now includes russia, ________________, belarus as the core; also _____________, 1: mountains form russia"s southern boundary, between the _______________ and. Caspian seas: good soils, but __________, contains _____________, _______________ and __________________, area of continuing conflict between former soviet republics and, on occasion, russia. Environment: ___________________, clustered _________________, few ___________________ controls, low quality __________, ___________________ pollution, ___________________ waste, raw _____________, ________ spills, ___________ and ____________ factories polluted lake baikal (1950s-60s) lake. __________________ of mounted people in the area: mongols, huns, alans, turks, partians. *etc: marginal agriculture - temperature ________________, former ____________ lands in west are very productive, south of the _________________ mtns. Semi-_____________ foods: agriculture is less productive - in ___________, global climate change may_________________ agricultural. Population distribution: in the russian domain _____________ million residents, most in cities (russia, ukraine, Belarus, transcaucasia: most people in _________________ portion of the country (why?, russia population at __________ million and is ________________
