GEOG 1001 Chapter : Russian Domain
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Includes russia, ukraine, belarus, moldova, georgia, and armenia. H2o absorbs insulation slower than land, but releases it slower: water bodies help stabilize air temps, continental climates have wide annual temp ranges, greater temperature extremes. Irkustk 75 annual range figure 9. 6 in textbook. European west: extension of european lowland, e. to ural mts. (ukraine, european west environmental influence. Chernozem soils dark earth various grains ( black earth) Also created a cultural boundary as well. Siberia e. of urals, n. of kazakhstan, mongolia, & china: extreme continentality, 77% of russia"s land; 30% of its pop, avg. Underlain by permafrost; 3"-12": seasonally frozened ground, limits the growth of vegetation. Also it"s difficult to build railroads and infrastructure, but technology has helped make the process easier. Two extreme examples: come from pollution, 2/3rds of russians live in environments that are bad for their health, chernobyl, april 16, 1986, ukraine, nuclear meltdown.
