By: Lily Fitzgerald Tamarac Middle School, 6 th Grade RPI EcoEd Research Program Spring 2013
Background Information Government – federation President – Vladimir Putin Population – 142, 517, 670 people Area - 17, 098, 242 sq. kilometers Moscow – most populated city St. Petersburg Moscow Norilsk
Chart for exports Energy is by far the most exported This chart doesn’t show it, but oil is also a big export in Russia
Water Has plenty of water Quality of water not good at all Most water sources are polluted Trash being dumped regularly (
۩ will not pollute the environment. ۩ ۩ haven-event-flood-disaster.html haven-event-flood-disaster.html Can hold up to 10,000 people Can be built on land or water One way of managing the pollution
۩ has created a dead zone around the city, killing 1.2 million acres of forest ۩ during the spring thaw, streams fill with black soot ۩ human effects have also been tragic ۩ according to Dr. Svetlana Golubkova, people that immigrated to the industrial city in the 1960s were healthy, but their children and grandchildren are ill. ۩ (
۩ circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake ۩ a meteor struck here, which is quickly becoming a tourist destination. (
۩ located on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula ۩ last erupted about 400 years ago ۩ ( volcano_10902_600x450.jpg) volcano_10902_600x450.jpg