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  1. Introduction to Russia
  2. Climate + Landscapes
  3.  Russia's climate struggles
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Today
  1. Introduction to Russia
  2. Climate + Landscapes
  3.  Russia's climate struggles

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What comes to mind when you think about Russia?

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Climate + Landscapes

Russia is the largest country in the world in km2. 

It's huge landmass has a massive effect on their climate --> mostly continental climate

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Climate + Landscapes
Continental Climates: extremely warm summers, and extremely cold winters. 

A small part of Russia is also located in the polar circle:
Polar climate.

 

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Climate + Landscape

Warm air from the tropics near the south of Russia are blocked by the huge mountainrange (Caucasus) in southern Russia

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Climate + Landscape
The climate affects the soil.
 
In the north:
Low evaporation, high precipitation.
  • Podzol: very sandy and therefore unfertile soil. 

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Climate + Landscape
The climate affects the soil. 

South of podzol, the balance between precipitation and evaporation gets better
  • Chernozem/Black Earth: soil type suitable for agriculture

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Climate + Landscape

The closer you get to the polar areas in the north, you'll find permafrost

Permafrost is a permanently frozen landscape, of which only the upper layer melts during summer --> swampy landscape.
 

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Russia's Climate struggles
  1. It's hard to build in areas with a permafrost soil. 
  2. Due to the climate and landscapes creating infrastructure on land and water is hard

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Homework
Finish the climate worksheet
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WB B page 41, exercise 2,3, 4 and 7

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