Russian geography
what is the highest mountain peak in russia?
Ismail Samani peak
Caucus Mountains
Mountain range between the Caspian and Black seas
what is moscow referred to as?
Port of five seas
Vladivostok
Russia's largest port city on the pacific ocean, on the head of the Golden Horn Bay, close to the border with China and North Korea.
Yenisey River
The Yenisey River is the main river in Siberia. It is used for Transportation and cargo.
Siberia
The northeastern sector of Asia or the Eastern half of Russia.
Ural Mountains
because dividing line between european russia and asia russia
Taiga soil
caves, most of siberia, and northern 20% of european russia.
steppe
cold winters, hot summers
Aral Sea
drying up, half size
chernozem soil or black earth
found in steppe is very rich nutrients for farming.
black sea
important russian history
Baltic Sea
Body of water crossed by Viking raiders heading toward Russia
St. Petersburg
Built by Peter the Great of Russia to attract europeans and to get warm water ports.
Moscow
Capital of Russia
Keiv
Capital of Ukraine
what is the largest lake in russia?
Caspian Sea
what is the closest point between us and russia
Diomede Islands
Volga River
longest river in Europe, river provided transportation
ob. river
longest river in soviet union/ transportation
what is russia's northernmost ice free seaport?
murmansk
what are the highest mountains in Russia?
pamir mountains
perma frost
permanently frozen ground
what is the eastern part of russia like?
plateaus and mountains
lena river
provided transportation
Volgograd
right off the volga river
Caspain Sea
russia called it worlds biggest lake
bering sea
separates united states and russia
tundra soil
soil is like partially decomposed rock
tundra
virtually every month experiences frost.
how much of the soviet Union consisted of the eurasian plain
western half
Lake Baikal
world's deepest freshwater lake 20% of all freshwater
how many time zones are there in Russia?
11
How many republics made up the soviet union?
15
how large was the soviet union?
2.5-3 times the U.S.
approximately how many lakes were in the soviet union
250,000
How long is Russia's coastline?
27,000 miles
how wide is the bering strait between alaska and russia?
50 miles
aprovetmently how many miles did the SU extend from the baltic sea to the pacific ocean?
6,000 miles
artic circle
66.5 degrees North
approximately how many rivers were in the soviet union
100,000