Mountians | Plains | Water | Vegetation | Natural resorces |
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Caucasus
What mountains has the the highest point in Russia?
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One million square miles
How many miles is the West Siberian Plain?
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Black sea
What sea is very warm?
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40 million acres a year
How much does Russia's forests shrink yearly?
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Petroleum
Russia holds large deposits of what element?
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Urals
What mountain range is the traditional bounderies of European Russia and Asian Russia?
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North European Plain
What plain covers most of European Russia?
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Amur river
What river borders between Russia and China?
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1/5
How much of the world's remaning forests is in Russia?
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Sturgeon
What type of fish is now being illegally fished for that provides the eggs for the delecancy caviar?
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Central Siberian Plateau
Caucasus mountains mark the southeastern edge of what plateau?
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Northern
What part of the North European Plain is very flat and swampy?
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Lake Baikal
What lake contains 20% of the earth's total supply of freshwater?
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Wheat, rye, oats, barley, & sugar beets
What types of food is grown with the chernozem soil?
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Aluminum, gemstones, platinum group metals, sulfur, and tungsten
Name at least two of the five elements Russia is put in the top three producers of?
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Kamchatka peninsula
What peninsula has 100 volcanoes?
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Southern
What part of the North European Plain has very rich black soil known as chernozem?
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Hydroelectric power
What type of power does the Voga river provide?
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Permafrost
What is the permanently frozen layer of soil beneth the surface of the ground called?
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Coal
What natural resorce does Russia provide 16% of the world's reserves?
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Urals & Caucasus mountain ranges
What are the names of the two major mountain ranges in Russia?
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75%
What percent of Russians live on the North European Plain?
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23,400 miles
How many miles is Russia's coastline?
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The Black Earth Belt
What is the fertile band called that covers about 250 million acres?
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Dry natural gas
What type of gas does Russia produce more of than any other country in the world?
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