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THE RUSSIAN LANDSCAPE

THE RUSSIAN LANDSCAPE 11 time zones across the country USA Ural Mts. Volga River Lake Baikal Lots of trees in Russia. Apprx. 6500 miles San Fran to Boston = 2700 mls. Notice the tilt of the house. It sinks when the permafrost - permanently frozen ground – occasionally melts.

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THE RUSSIAN LANDSCAPE

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  1. THE RUSSIAN LANDSCAPE

  2. 11 time zones across the country

  3. USA Ural Mts. Volga River Lake Baikal

  4. Lots of trees in Russia.

  5. Apprx. 6500 miles San Fran to Boston = 2700 mls.

  6. Notice the tilt of the house. It sinks when the permafrost - permanently frozen ground – occasionally melts.

  7. Russia is so big, its average density is nothing.

  8. U R A L M t s Concept 2 – Pop. Density in Russia is on the European side of the Ural Mts. because the eastern side of the Urals is too far from civilization and has too harsh of a climate.

  9. Russia possesses rich reserves of iron ore, manganese, chromium, nickel, platinum, titanium, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, diamonds, phosphates, and gold, and the forests of Siberia contain an estimated one-fifth of the world's timber, mainly conifers

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