GEO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gulf Stream, Homicide, Biome
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Russia has a lot in common with canada. North is arctic tundra and east is dense forest. Of the country is sparsely populated. - only place to farm is southern half like canada. Gulf stream warms the area enough to have agriculture and rainfall. Wind comes down from the arctic in the north making it extremely cold. Russia is shrinking as is europe (cultural influence) Projected to shrink by more than 20% by 2050. -by 2050 it will be 108 million if nothing changes and 15th largest in the world. In 1950 the ussr was ranked 4th largest in the world. Russia is ranked 9th largest in the world and is what is became of the ussr. Ussr lost half its population when it was split up. Health care poor managed and underfunded after collapse of ussr. When the economy collapsed, potatoes where grown everywhere in order for people to feed themselves.
