Landforms
This area has one of the coldest climates in the world.
What is Siberia?
Russia does not benefit from its lengthy coastline because most of it lies along waters that are in this state of matter.
What is frozen?
These are the only two seasons that Russia experiences throughout the year.
What are winter and summer?
This is a thick haze of smoke and chemicals.
What is smog?
Russia produces one-fifth of the world's supply of this, which is often used in buildings or for making furniture.
What is timber?
This fertile area has Russia's mildest climate. About 75% of Russians live here.
What is the Northern European Plain?
This city is Russia's capital. It is located on the Northern European Plain.
What is Moscow?
This aspect of climate is measured by an area's distance from the moderating influence of the sea.
What is the continentality?
Chemical and smoke particles that cause pollution.
What is a pollutant?
This is one of many obstacles in the way of collecting Siberia's natural resources.
What is transportation or cold temperatures?
These serve as a dividing line between the European and Asian parts of Russia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This is European Russia's major river.
What is the Volga?
In Siberia, buildings are placed on these to avoid damaging the permafrost below.
What are stilts?
Permanently frozen lower layers of soil found in the tundra and subarctic climate zones.
What is permafrost?
Lake Baikal contains 20% of the world's resources of this.
What is fresh water?
This landform divides Russia from the republics of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.
What are the Caucasus Mountains?
This is the largest inland body of water in the world.
What is the Caspian Sea?
The Aral Sea's wildlife was eliminated because of an increase in this quality of the lake.
What is salinity?
This dark soil gives the North European Plain some of the most fertile land in Europe.
What is chernozem?
Thanks to advances in technology, this now carries natural gas from Siberia to Europe.
What is a pipeline?
This lake was drained due to a Soviet plan to increase farming capabilities in Central Asia.
What is the Aral Sea?
This is the world's deepest freshwater lake.
What is Lake Baikal?
Built in the late 1800s, this transportation network links Moscow to the far eastern port of Vladivostok.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
This is the world's largest coniferous forest, located in the subarctic zone of Russia.
What is the taiga?
Deposits of this resource, along with natural gas, are located near the Caspian Sea. It gives Russia a political advantage over Europe
What is oil?