Ch. 15, sec. 2 -climate and vegetation

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

Chapter 15, Section 2

Desert Kara Kum – covers

most of Turkmenistan

Kyzyl Kum – in Uzbekistan

Together they cover 230,000 sq. mi.

Steppe Grassland that

extends from southern Ukraine to Altay mountains

Chernozem found here

Forest Taiga – mostly coniferous forest Home to many kinds of animals

Deciduous Trees Redwoods Birch Trees

Oak Trees Maple Trees

Coniferous Trees

Evergreens Spruce Trees Pine Trees

Tundra Arctic climate zone Vegetation = mosses, lichens, small

herbs and low shrubs

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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4750 miles

Most moisture comes from the Atlantic Ocean Loses moisture the further inland it

goes

It is so cold in Siberia that they can use frozen lakes and rivers as roads during parts of the year

Mountains block moist air traveling northward from the Indian and Pacific oceans creating semiarid and desert climates in Central Asia

Transcaucasia – subtropical climate due to moist air from the Mediterranean Sea