1. Chapter 15 Physical Geography of Russia

2. Northern Landforms Northern European Plain –Western Russia to Ural Mountains Chernozem: black earth Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev 75% live here

3. Northern Landforms West Siberian Plain –Ural Mountains –Eurasia –Tilts north = rivers flow to Artic Ocean

5. Northern Landforms Central Siberian Plateau Russian Far East

6. Southern Landforms Caucasus Mountains –Separates Black and Caspian Seas –Transcaucasia Other mountains –Central Asia

7. Southern Landforms Turan Plain –Includes 2 large deserts Karakum Desert Sundukli Desert

9. Rivers and Lakes Artic Basin – region’s largest Volga River – Europe’s longest Caspian Sea – saltwater lake, largest inland sea Aral Sea-has lost 80% of water content

13. Rivers and Lakes Lake Baikal –Deepest lake in the world –About 1 mile deep –Holds 20% of world’s freshwater

14. Facts Russia covers 11 time zones

15. Population