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Rich, black topsoil found in the northern European plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine.
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Chernozem
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Permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground.
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Permafrost
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The effect of extreme variations in temperature and very little precipitation with in the interior portions of a landmass.
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Continentality
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vast,treeless plains in cold Northern climates, characterized by permafrost and small, low plants, such as mosses and shrubs.
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Tundra
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Russian term for the vast subarctic forest, mostly evergreens, that covers much of Russia and Siberia.
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Taiga
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Wide, grassy plains of Eurasia; also, similar semiarid climate regions elsewhere.
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Steppe
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