Vocabulary
the high land away from the coast of a country
What is upland?
begins in Belarus and Ukraine and stretches east about 1,000 miles (1,609 km); rises to form the central Russian upland
What is the Russian Plain?
starts in Russia, transports, freight and passenger traffic, provides hydroelectric power
What is the Volga River?
mineral resources include aluminum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, and sulfur
What is Poland?
Winters are very cold, with temperatures as low as –40°F (–40°C). Summers are short and cool, although temperatures can reach 86°F (30°C).
What is subarctic?
water that is somewhat salty
What is brackish?
includes Poland and extends into parts of Western Europe
What is the Hungarian Plain?
flows through Russia, Belarus, Ukraine; provides hydroelectric power and water for irrigation
What is the Dnieper River?
1/5 of the world's are in Russia; cover an area almost the size of the continental United States; grow slowly because of the long, cold winters
What are forests?
Summers are hot and dry, and winters are mild to cool and rainy
What is a Mediterranean climate?
estimated amount of a resource in an area
What is reserves?
located in Romania; slopes downward from the land around it
What is the Transylvanian Basin?
flows from Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea; transports freight and passenger ships
What is the Dniester River?
only about one-sixth of its land is suitable for agriculture; land is in a fertile triangle extending from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea
What is Russia?
Much of _________ and _______ have a humid continental climate
What are Eastern Europe and Western Russia?
conflict among ethnic groups within a region
What is balkanization?
form a boundary between Europe and Asia east of the Russian Plain
What are the Ural Mountains?
flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; used for transportation, hydroelectric power, fishing, irrigation
What is the Danube River?
vast coal, oil, and natural gas reserves are located in
What is Siberia?
areas have mild or warm summers and long, cold winters
What is a humid continental climate?
a partly dry grassland often found on the edge of a desert
What is steppe?
run through the northern Balkan Peninsula and are linked to the Balkan Mountains
What are the Carpathian Mountains?
connected to the Danube via the Main-Danube Canal, which linked the North Sea with the Black Sea
What is the Main River?
rich coal deposits and oil in the Black Sea
What is Romania?
archipelago consisting of two large islands and several small islands; climate is polar, and a large part of it is covered in ice year-round
What is Novaya Zemlya?