CHAPTER 15

Chapter 15 Landforms and Resources

I. Northern Landforms
-over eight and a half million square miles
-four different areas,
      -Northeern Europeon Plain
      -west siberian plain
       -central siberian platue
       - russian far east

A)Northern European Plain
-exstensive lowland area
-stretches over 1,000 miles
-abundance of chernozem (one of the worlds most fertile soils)
-many agriculture areas are located on this plain
-+75% of the regions 283 million people live on this plain
-three of the regions largest cities are located there
         -moscow
          -russias capital; st petersburg
         -kiev, Ukraine capitol
B) West Siberian Plain
- ural mountains seperate the northern European plains from the West siberian plains
-ural mountains are like a deviding line between europe and asia
-west siberian plain lies between the Yenisey and Lena River
-east of the Lena is the russian far east and its volcanic ranges
-Kamchatka peninsula contains 120 volcanoes, 20 of them are still active.
- sakhalin and kuril islands lie south of the kamchtka peninsula
-russia siezed those islands after world war II

II) Southern Landforms
-towering mountains
-barren uplands
-semiarid grasslands

A)Caucasus and other mountains
-Causcus mountains stretch across the land that seperates the Black and Caspien seas
-the mountians form a border between Russia and Transcaucasia (a region that consists of the republics, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia)
-a colossal wall of mountains that includes the Tian Shan are farther east.
-some of these mountains are located along the southeastern border of Central Asia (includes republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and uzbekistan)
-Central Asia has an arid climate
-B) Turan Plain
-exstensive lowland
-between caspien sea and mountains&uplands of central asia
-two major rivers, Syr Darya and Amu Darya
-ironically it is very dry
-Large deserts Kara Kum and Kyzyl Kum

III) Rivers and Lakes
-some of the worlds longest rivers
-some of the largest and deepest lakes in the world

A)Drainage and rivers
-the regions rivers flow through a number of large drainage basins
-main drainage basins :
       -arctic ocean
         -caspian sea, pacific ocean, baltic sea, black sea, aral sea
-the arctic basin is the regions largest
-basins three powerful rivers:
             -the Obe
              -yenisey
              -lena
-these rivers deliver water to the arctic at 1,750,000

SUMMERY
in russia there are four distinct areas that consist of plains, platues, and the far east.
russiaa most desnsely populated area is the northern european plain, due to its soil being some of the richest dirt on earth. major rivers and mountain ranges are aparent in the west siberian plain.
some of the worlds longest rivers and deepest lakes are located in russia, along with a number of large drainage basins.