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16 Cards in this Set
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Rich, black topsoil found especially in Russia and Ukraine
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Chernozem
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Permanetly frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground
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Permafrost
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The effect of the extreme variations in temperature and very little precipitation within 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 cover much of russia and siberia
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Taiga
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Wide, grass plains of eurasia, also similar semiarid climate regions elsewhere
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Steppe
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Largest country in the world, covers 2 countries Europe and Asia, longest coastline
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Russia
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Northern ocean
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Arctic Ocean
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Eastern Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Traditional boundary between European Russia and Asian Russia
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Ural Mountains
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between Caspian sea
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Caucasus Mountains
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Area of Highlands
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Central Siberian Plateau
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75% of Russias population lives
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Northern European Plain
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Largest Flat land area in the world
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West Siberian Plain
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Has Warm water ports, South west Russia.
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Black Sea
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Largest inland body of water in the world.
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Caspian Sea
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