GEOG 2RW3 Lecture 6: Week 6: Russia, Central Asia
23 Apr 2017
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The northern part of the eurasian continent: extending from europe to the paci c. Coastal character: vast coastline of the arctic ocean, paci c ocean coastline. Seas and bays: black sea, caspian sea, aral sea, lake barail (this lake has more water than all of the great lakes combined) Environmental catastrophes: aral sea has completely disappeared because of human activity. Mountain ranges: ural, caucasus, pamir, tien shan, altay. River systems: some of the worlds longest rivers drain the vast siberian plains and plateaus. Denierper, (belarus, ukraine to black sea) Landscapes of the environments of the region. The silk road: globalization of ~2500 years ago. A network of over-land trade routes connecting east asia (china), south asia (india) and mediterranean europe via persia (the middle east) and central asia. Central asia via north of the himalayas. The russian empire (the muscovites) wished to expand their territory and secure greater resources. The soviet union/ union of society socialist republics.
