Asia Physical Geography

The dividing line between "European" Russia and Siberia is

• The Ural Mountains

• The Caucus Mountains

• The Volga River

• The Taiga

A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions.

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Chernozem

• World Geography Class

A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.

• steppe

• taiga

• tundra

• muh backyard

Which biome in Russia can be identified in the picture above?

• Tundra
• Desert
• Taiga
• Grassland

Which physical landform forms a boundary between Europe and Asia?

• Ural Mountains
• Russian Upland
• Caucasus Mountains
• Siberian Plain

What happened to the Aral Sea?

• Overgrown with Algae 
• Massive Flooding
• Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the Ukraine
• Dried up due to poor irrigation techniques

The longest river in Russia is the

• Yenisey
• Volga
• Tiber
• Euphrates

Russia has _______ different time zones.

• 7
• 8
• 11
• 13

Russia gains access
 to the Mediterranean
Sea through....

• the Aral Sea
• the Caspian Sea
• the Black Sea
• the White Sea

To travel from Russia to Europe, which direction would you travel?

• North
• South
• East
• West