Russia Physical Geography and Vocab

These separate the Northern European & West Siberian Plains

• Chernozem

• Ural Mountains

• Taiga

• Runoff

One of the world's most fertile soils, "black earth"

• Chernozem

• Taiga

• Runoff

• Ural Mountains

The effect of hundreds of miles of distance on climate

• Continentality

• Taigq

• Chernozem

• Trans-Siberian Railroad

Rainfall not absorbed by the soil that runs into streams & rivers.

• Runoff

• Chernozem

• Eurasia

• Transcaucasia

What is the largest forest on earth?

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Chernozem

• Siberia

What Mountains are located at #1?

• Ural Mountains

• Caucasus Mountains

• Sayan Mountains

• Kolyma Mountains

What Mountains are located at #2?

• Ural Mountains

• Caucasus Mountains

• Sayan Mountains

• Kolyma Mountains

What Mountains are located at #3?

• Ural Mountains

• Caucasus Mountains

• Sayan Mountains

• Kolyma Mountains

What Region is located at #1?

• Northern European Plain

• West Siberian Plain

• Central Siberian Plateau

• Russian Far East

What Region is located at #2?

• Northern European Plain

• West Siberian Plain

• Central Siberian Plateau

• Russian Far East