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Physical Geography of Eastern Europe (Climates (Russia's Far North…
Physical Geography of Eastern Europe
Waterways
Baltic sea
Lies Northwest of Russia and Eastern Europe
Caspian Sea
Largest inland body of water covering an area larger than Japan. Located at the most southerneast point in Europe
Adriatic Sea
Surrounds Balkan Peninsula is near Italy
Ionian Sea
Surrounds Balkan Peninsula near Adriatic
Black Sea
Surrounds Balkan Peninsula. Borders the southern coast of Ukraine and southwestern Europe. Also separates Turkey from Ukraine and the Balkan peninsula.
Rivers
Volga River
Longest River in Europe. Russia's most important waterway. Located Northwest of Moscow.
Dnieper River
Flows through Belarus and Ukraine before emptying into the Black sea.
Danube River
Flows toward the east through several countries before emptying into the black Sea. Many cities are located along the banks on the river.
Dniester
Second longest river in Ukraine. Has freigeht and passenger ships
Serves as an important route to get to the black sea.
Landforms
Mountains
The greater and the lesser Caucasus
Located to the south of the Russian plain
Ural Mountains
Located to the East of the Russian plains
The Carpathian Mountains
Eastward of the Alps. Vienna Basin separates Alps from Carpathiajns
Transylvanian Basin
Located in Romania.
Vienna Basin
Located in between the Alps and the Carpathians. Located in Austria
Natural Resources
Fishing Industry
Fishing is an important factor to Russia's economy
salmon, Cod, Herring, and Pallock are most important for the commercial boats.
Romania's fishing industry focuses in on the Southeastern Seas and rivers, such as the Danube and the Black sea
The European Union has an overfishing restrictions, but fishing still stays important.
Energy and Minerals
Siberia reserves most of Russia's natural gas, oil, and vast coal
machines made from steel are used to make Russia's automobiles, railroads,ships,and many consumer products.
Russia's coal and rich deposits of iron and fuel the country's steel industry.
Poland's mineral resources include aluminum, coal, copper, lead, and zinc.
One of the worlds most sources of sulfur is Poland.
Romania has rich deposits of coal. Also the collect oil from the Black sea.
Thermal power and hydroelectric support Romania's energy needs.
Forests and Agriculture
Only one sixth of Russia's land is suitable for agriculture
Grains, Wheat, Oats, and Barley are crops grown in Russia.
Most of the land stretches to the Black sea from the baltic sea. This area is triangular shaped, Known as the Fertile Triangle.
Lumber paper and cardboards are big resources, because Russia has forests the size of Continental United States.
Long cold winters cause the forests to grow slower, so tit threatens the lumber industry.
In 2010, Russia had a really bad drought causing bad forest fires with tremendous heat. These forest fires destroyed the crops and forests.
Climates
Humid Continental Climate
Russia's Far North
Western Russia has a subarctic climate.
Winters are cold with temperatures as low as -40 degrees.
Summers are short and cool. Temperatures range from 50 degrees to 86 degrees.
Much of Eastern Europe and Western Russia have a humid continental climate
They experience mild to warm summer, and long cold winters.
Albania and Macedonia experience more of a Mediterranean climate, Summers are hot and dry and winters are mild and rainy.
Mediterranean climate
Consists of mild winter hot summers
Polar climate
Cold and snowy. Arctic weather
Plains
The Russian Plains
Begins in Belarus and Ukraine stretches East 1,000 miles
Central Russian Upland
The Uplands are the plains elevated. Located East of the Ural mountains.
Northern European Plains
Located in Poland,Eastern Europe, and parts of Western Europe
Hungarian Plain
North of Siberia West of Russia . Southeast of Hungary.
Countries
Western Russia
Estonia
Lativa
Lithuania
Belarus
Ukraine
Moldova
Romania
Poland
Czech Republic
Hungary
Slovakia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Albania
Macedonia
Montenegro
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia &Herzegovina
Kosovo
Vocabulary
Upland
Steppe
Vast level areas of land that support only low growing vegetation like grasses.
Balkanization
Conflict among ethnic groups within a state country or a region.
Brackish
When sea water mixes with river water.
Reserves
The estimated total amount of a resource in a certain area.
An area of high elevation.