Russia - Mejia

Russia's European side has the mildest climate that makes the soil best for:

Agriculture and human settlement

These major rivers flow north into the Arctic Ocean:

Ob River, Yenisey River, and Lena River

Siberia tends to be very dry because:

Ocean winds not being able to reach it

Murmansk, Russia has the:

only large, ice-free Arctic port

Siberia is found east of:

The Ural Mountains

Moisture from the Atlantic brings:

Winter snows and summer rain

When the top layer of permafrost melts, in the summer, this happens:

Buildings tilt, highways buckle, and railroad tracks slip sideways

This soil is found in steppe:

Chernozem

Russia has limited access to the sea because of:

Cold climate and small amount of warm coastline

Most of Russia lies in one of three of these climate regions:

Continental, subarctic, and tundra

Russia covers what two countries?

Europe and Asia

Permafrost makes what difficult?

Farming

Steppe

Grassland, used for grazing, rich soil, growing grain crops

Tundra

Low shrubs, mosses, wildflowers; along the northern coast

Taiga

Mainly evergreen, short growing season, limited farming, acidic soils, and permafrost