Chapter 15 Physical Geography of Russia

Northern Landforms Northern European Plain –Western Russia to Ural Mountains Chernozem: black earth Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev 75% live here

Northern Landforms West Siberian Plain –Ural Mountains –Eurasia –Tilts north = rivers flow to Artic Ocean

Northern Landforms Central Siberian Plateau Russian Far East

Southern Landforms Caucasus Mountains –Separates Black and Caspian Seas –Transcaucasia Other mountains –Central Asia

Southern Landforms Turan Plain –Includes 2 large deserts Karakum Desert Sundukli Desert

Rivers and Lakes Artic Basin – region’s largest Volga River – Europe’s longest Caspian Sea – saltwater lake, largest inland sea Aral Sea-has lost 80% of water content

Rivers and Lakes Lake Baikal –Deepest lake in the world –About 1 mile deep –Holds 20% of world’s freshwater

Facts Russia covers 11 time zones

Population