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North Asia
Lesson 56:
Political and Physical Features
of North Asia Russia
TheRussiaFederation, knownasRussia, stretchesacross twocontinents.Thishuge landmass iscalled
Eurasia.Youhave learnedabout EuropeanRussia.This lesson coversonly theAsianportionof Russia. It is
theonlycountry inNorthernAsia.This region is larger than theUnitedStatesandwesternEuropecombined.
ACTIVITY:
Use your classroom atlas to help you locate the political and physical features of the Asian part of
Russia.Use themap on this page to label items that are
boldfaced
below.Check off each number as
you complete it.
1. The western border of Asia Russia begins at the
Ural Mountains
. Most of the land stretching
eastward is known as
Siberia
. The landform consisting of Russia’s northeastern border is
KamchatkaPeninsula
, home to 22 active volcanoes.
2. Three countries border AsiaRussia to its south.They are, traveling fromwest to east,
Kazakhstan,
Mongolia
, and
China
.
3.Russia is bordered by the
ArcticOcean
to its north.There are threewater forms borderingRussia
on its eastern side.They are the
BeringSea
to the northeast,
Seaof Okhotsk
to the east, and the
Sea of Japan
to the southeast.The
PacificOcean
is farther east of these bodies of water.
4. Although there are hundreds of rivers crisscrossingSiberia, three aremost important.They are the
ObRiver
(3,362miles) inwestern Siberia, the
YeniseyRiver
(2,543miles) in central Siberia, and
the
LenaRiver
(2,700miles) in easternSiberia.They are three of the longest rivers in theworld.
5.
LakeBaikal
is located insouthcentralSiberia.Atoveronemile indepth, it is thedeepest lake in theworld.
6. Located just east of theUral Mountains is themassive
West SiberianPlains
.
7. As you travel eastward, the elevation of the land rises to the
Central Siberian Plain
. There are a
series of mountain ranges in easternSiberia.
Ob
