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 Grade homework  Didn’t finish? Outside in the hall, if you are loud you get a detention.  Central & North Asia Notes

 World’s largest country. Spans two continents.  Majority of population lives on European side, but the majority of Russia’s land is in Asia.  Siberia- area in Northeastern Russia- cold climate with forests  Northernmost Russia is tundra- frozen desert where even the ground is frozen most of the year.

 Area south of Russia:  Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Armenia, Georgia.  Mountainous terrains: Ural Mts., Pimars Mts.  Deserts: Kara Kum (Black Sand), Kyzyl Kum (Red Sand)  Steppes- treeless grasslands good for grazing herds.

 The Arctic Ocean,north of Russia, is frozen for most of the year.  Major rivers in Asian Russia are the Ob and Lena.  Caspian Sea the largest inland sea & the shrinking Aral Sea  Lake Baikal: oldest & deepest lake in the world. 1/5 of the world’s fresh water.

 The Ural Mountains separate European and Asian Russia, while the Pamir Mountains separate Russia from China.

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 Most of Russia has long, cold winters and short mild summers.  Subarctic- cool humid summers, with long cold winters, ½ the land covered in snow for 6 months, the other ½ has permafrost.  Tundra- gets as low as -90° F.  Deserts get as hot as 120° F.

 Work on after notes till the bell rings.  We will have about 10 minutes tomorrow to finish it.  Use pages 347 & 423 in the black/blue textbook.