GEOG120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Northern Sea Route, Lake Baikal, Amur River
29 Sep 2017
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Oligarchs a small group of wealthy, very private businessman who control important aspects of the russian economy. Suggests that russia"s desire for (cid:373)ore-centralized authority did not end with the demise of the soviet union. Podzol soils t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)al of (cid:374)orther(cid:374) forest e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts; li(cid:373)it the regio(cid:374)"s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to support a productive agricultural economy. Chernozem soils valuable for commercial wheat, corn, and sugar beet cultivation and for commercial meat production. Ural mountains physically separate european russia from siberia. Permafrost in the tundra region; a cold-climate condition of unstable, seasonally frozen ground underlain by a permanently frozen layer that limits vegetation growth and causes problems for railroad construction. Taiga coniferous forest zone; dominates large portion of the russian interior. Northern sea route (cid:374)egotiated (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)ial (cid:448)essels; alo(cid:374)g si(cid:271)eria"s (cid:374)orther(cid:374) (cid:272)oast. Survival of the siberian permafrost may be a key to slowing or quickening further global warming. Russia possesses about 20 percent of world forest reserves, which absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide.
