GEO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Geopolitics
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Population heavily populated in the western half, most agriculture here (east is dense forest) Gulf stream warms enough to have agriculture and rainfall. Shrink more than 20% by 2050 top 10 shrinking countries. Ussr lost half its population when it split up, Life expectancy dropped, infectious diseases, preventable early death (drinking, smoking), health care poorly managed after ussr collapse. Collapse of economy, mostly non-working people, easy to invade. Physical geo flat plain=easy to invade, historical armies invaded for wealth & population (ranked 4th then 9th) Same latitude as canada, napoleon"s troops froze and starved. Ural & caucus mountains separate western and eastern russia. Mostly cold climate (st. petersburg & moscow only warm ports no ice) Main vegetation biome types (plants and animals) pine cones, trees. Farming main farming in west, not cold, plenty of rain, Oil & gas many oil and gas deposits, most natural gas supplier. Could cut off gas line to europe and they couldn"t do anything.
