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16 Cards in this Set
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Rich black soil
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Chernozen
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Permantly frozen layer of soil
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Permafrost
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An effect interior portions of a landmass
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Contentality
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Vast, treeles plain
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Tundra
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A boreal forest belt that covers 2/5 of western Russia
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Taiga
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Temperate grassland area dry summers and long cold winters
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Steppe
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Characteristics of climate and seasons in Russia
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Harsh Climate, Cool summers and long cold winters
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Siberia recieves very little precipitation because
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Continentality
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Typical Tundra climate
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Below freezing
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Little Vegitation in Tundra cuz
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Short growwing season and acidic soil
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Temperature and snowfall typical in subarctic
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Coldest temperatures, 120 to 250 days with snow
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Taiga forest and reasources
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2/5ths of westwern Russia and soft wood timber
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Russians live in countrys mid latitude cuz
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Climate is milder
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Vegetation found in Russias humid continental climate
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Mixed Forest, rich cherozume soil
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Russian winter defeated Germany in 1941
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Harsh winter defeated Germany
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Recent challenges to steppe ecosystems
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Newly introduced plants crowd native grasses and soil fertility declines.
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