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20 Cards in this Set
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Largest country that spans over two continents Europe and Asia
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Russia
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mark the traditiona boundary between europe and asia
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Ural mountains
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lie between the black and caspain sea
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Caucasus mountains
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mark the southeastern edge.
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Central Siberian Plateau
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also known as the russian plain
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Northern European Plain
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the worlds largest areas of flatland
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West Siberian Plateau
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provides russia warm water outlet to aegean and med. seas
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Black sea
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is the largest inland body of water
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Caspain sea
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lies in southern Siberia
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Lake Baikal
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is the fourth longest river in the country.
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Volga river
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are among the worlds largest river systems
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Lena & Ob river
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natural gas nickel and hydroelectric power
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3 natural resources Russia leads the world
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covers about 250million acres and stretches through ukraine to southern Siberia.
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Black Earth Belt
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lie in russia 75 PERCENT of them in Siberia
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Forest land
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lie south of the tundra
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Subarctic
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its humid in most areas
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Humid Contintental
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has dry summers lonf cold dry winters
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Steppe
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chapter 15
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chapter 15
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shares a common ancestry language religion customs or a combinations of these things
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Ethnic groups
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the period between 1922 and 1991
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Soviet Era
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