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