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18 Cards in this Set
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A rich, black soil.
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Chernozem
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Permanently frozen subsoil.
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Permafrost
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inner portions of a landmass.
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Continentality
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A boreal forest that covers two-fifths of Western Russia and extends into much of Siberia.
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Taiga
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A dry climate region.
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Steppe
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A vast, treeless plain.
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Tundra
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Largest country in the world
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Russia
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Divide Europe and Russia
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Ural mountains
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High and flat
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Central Siberian Plateau
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Where 75% of Russia's people live
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North European plain
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World's largest area of flat land
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West Siberian plain
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largest inland body of water in the world
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caspian sea
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deepest freshwater lake in the world, also holds 20% of the Earth's freshwater supply
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Lake Baikal
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"Mother Volga"
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Volga river
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Ob river, irtysh river, yenisey river, lena river, and amur river
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Siberian rivers
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oil, coal, natural gas
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fossil fuels
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used for agriculture
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Black earth belt
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Important in russia
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Fishing
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