Geography GEO 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ural Mountains, Podzol, Chernozem

• School: Texas State University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography GEO 1310
• Professor: Hartsell

Document Summary

Russia, ukraine, belarus, moldova, georgia and armenia. Russian domain: soviet union established 1917 carl marx, the socialist state, persisting russian influence in this region, breathtaking changes in recent decades, political and economic instability (outskirts of rd, change in global relationships, concerns about president putin. Physical geography and environmental issues: russia"s size, rich store of natural resources oil, natural gas, unrestrained economic development in soviet era. Diverse physical setting: high-latitude continental climate, short growing seasons, seasonal temperature extremes. The european west: river systems linked by canals, cold winters and cool summers. Agricultural regions: limited productivity, podzol soils, chernozem soils (black soil) Ural mountains and siberia: valuable mineral resources, permafrost, taiga forests coniferous trees. Russian far east: close to pacific ocean, fertile river valleys, southern latitude. Caucasus and transcaucasia: eastern russia"s southern boundary, earthquakes, productive agriculture in some areas. Impacts of rapid soviet industrialization: air and water pollution, always aware of nuclear threat.