1. Russia: Climate and Vegetation
Ch. 15-2

2. A Climate of Extremes
Continentality-a regions distance from the moderating influence of the sea
Siberia-less than 50°F, sometimes as low as -90°F

5. Vegetation Tundra-mosses, lichens, small shrubs
Forest-taiga-primarily coniferous trees, largest forest on Earth
Steppe-temperate grassland, chernozem
Desert-located in Central Asia, Kara Kum, Kyzyl Kum

6. Tundra Around the World

7. Taiga around the World

9. Taiga

10. Steppe in Uzbekistan

11. Steppe in Northern European Plain

12. “As a result of state-farm and collective-farm construction the USSR became the country of the most powerful agriculture in the world.” (1931)

13. Amu Darya
Kara Kum
Caspian Sea

14. Central Asia
Syr Darya
Kyzyl Kum
Amu Darya

15. Kyzyl Kum Desert

16. Crater in the Kara Kum Desert - Turkmenistan