Unit 5 Russia and the Republics
Chapter 15
I. Landforms and Resources
A. Intro
1. ____ size of US
2. ___ time zones
B. Northern Landforms
1. Intro
a) ____ of world landmass
2. North European Plain
a) Lowland
b) In west to ________
c) __________ – fertile soil of plain
(1) Lots of _________________
d) ______% of population
e) ________ (Russian cap), ______________, _________ (Ukraine)
3. West Siberian Plain
a) _____ of Urals to Yenisey R
b) ___________ to foothills of Altay Mtns
c) Slopes ________ to North
(1) Rivers drain to ____________
4. Central Siberian Plateau and Russian Far East
a) _______ and mtns dominant
b) High ______________
(1) 1-2000 ft
c) Far East
(1) E of __________
(2) ____________ ranges
(3) ___________peninsula
(a) 120 volcanoes
(b) ___________
(4) Sakhalin, Kuril Islands
(a) Seized from _______ after WWII
(b) Japan still claims
C. Southern landforms
1. Caucasus and Other Mtns
a) _______________
(1) btw Black and ___________ Seas
(2) form border btw _________ and Transcaucasia
(a) Transcaucasia = Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
b) Further _______
(1) Tian Shan and others
(2) Southeastern border of _________________
(a) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
(3) Block ______________ from south
(a) Create __________ climate in central Asia
2. Turan Plain
a) Lowlands
b) East of ___________
c) 2 rivers
(1) _________________
(2) _______ Darya
d) Very dry area – 2 deserts
(1) _________________
(2) ______________ Kum
D. Rivers and Lakes
1. Drainage Basins and Rivers
a) Drainage basin=______________________________________________
b) ________ Basin
(1) Ob
(2) Yenisey
(3) Lena
(4) 3=1,750,000 cubic ft/sec
c) Caspian
(1) ______________
(a) Longest river in _________________
(b) __________ Russia’s river traffic
2. Lakes
a) Caspian
(1) _____________
(2) 750 mi N-S
(3) Largest inland sea-world
b) Aral
(1) ____________
(2) Lost ________ water since 1960
(a) Extensive irrigation
(3) Vanish soon
3. Lake Baikal
a) _____________ in world
(1) 1 mile
b) ________ mi N-S
c) _________ world’s fresh water
d) 1200 species unique to lake
E. Regional Resources
1. Intro
a) Lots of resources
b) ________________ difficult
2. Abundant Resources
a) ___________
b) Iron, metals
c) _________ & gas
d) __________
(1) 1/5 world total
e) _____________________-rivers
3. Resource Management
a) Harvest and transport difficult
(1) ____________ climate
(2) Long distances
b) Siberia
(1) Source of many resources
(2) In far east – _________________________
(3) ______________ temps
c) Environmental damage
(1) Mining
(2) ___________________ production
(3) ____________________l pollution
(a) Hot discharge from dams/hydroel plants
(4) Little govt control of pollution