GEOG 1001 : GEOG Exam 2 Russian Domain
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Includes russia, ukraine, belarus, moldova, georgia, and armenia. Land heats up fast and cools off fast. H2o absorbs insulation slower than land, but releases it slower. East of urals, north of kazakhstan, mongolia, & china. 77% of russia"s land; 30% of its population. Two-thirds of russians live in environments that are harmful to themselves. April 16, 1986- reactor #4 exploded- 400x more fallout than hiroshima- burned for 16 days- killed thousands. Founded in 1970, to house chernobyl power plant workers. Not a true sea- doesn"t connect to an ocean. Two rivers that are heavily used for irrigation, cotton. Salinity increased, causing most fish to die http://upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/aral_sea. gif. By 2004, it shrunk to 25% of its size. 150 million tons get dumped on central asia. Every woman tested were anemic and found to have ddt in (2) breast milk. Containers holding deadly spores have not been properly stored (1) and have leaked. Other 5 countries in region 70 million total.
