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CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
Chapter 15, Section 2
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Desert Kara Kum – covers
most of Turkmenistan
Kyzyl Kum – in Uzbekistan
Together they cover 230,000 sq. mi.
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Steppe Grassland that
extends from southern Ukraine to Altay mountains
Chernozem found here
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Forest Taiga – mostly coniferous forest Home to many kinds of animals
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Deciduous Trees Redwoods Birch Trees
Oak Trees Maple Trees
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Coniferous Trees
Evergreens Spruce Trees Pine Trees
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Tundra Arctic climate zone Vegetation = mosses, lichens, small
herbs and low shrubs
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Climate Regions Dominated by humid continental and
subarctic climates Climates are affected by high latitude,
the wall of mountains to the southeast and continentality – a region’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea
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Seattle Fargo Miami Russian Weather
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4750 miles
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Most moisture comes from the Atlantic Ocean Loses moisture the further inland it
goes
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It is so cold in Siberia that they can use frozen lakes and rivers as roads during parts of the year
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Mountains block moist air traveling northward from the Indian and Pacific oceans creating semiarid and desert climates in Central Asia
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Transcaucasia – subtropical climate due to moist air from the Mediterranean Sea