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What is chernozem?
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Rich black soil
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What is permafrost?
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soil that is permanently frozen
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What does continentality mean?
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An effect within interior portions of landmass
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What is a tundra?
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a vast treeless plain
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What's Taiga?
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a boreal forrest belt that covers 2/5 of Russia and extends to Serbia
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What is the steppe?
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a temperate grasslan area that has dry summers and long, cold, dry winters with swirling wind and blowing snow
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What are the characteristics of the climate and seasons in most of Russia?
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Long, cold winters W/ short cool summers
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Why does Siberia receive very little precipitiation?
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Continentality, and because it's far from the ocean
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What kind of temperature is typical of the tundra climate?
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below freezing
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Why does so little vegetation grow in the tundra?
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short grot growing season, and permafrost
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