ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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The cold climate makes it difficult to access oil and minerals located in Siberia (northern portions of Russia).
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Russia’s location to Ukraine has made it difficult to mine uranium due to radioactive fallout.
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The Alps create a natural barrier that stops trade with other countries.
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The cold climate creates waterways that are not usable for trade.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Droughts, floods, and extreme weather events will make parts of Russia less habitable and economically productive. This will drive economic migration, pushing rural populations into already crowded cities.
Detailed explanation-2: -In terms of its latitudinal position, meaning its position relative to the equator, Russia is located very far north. In general, as you increase in latitude away from the equator, the climate gets colder. The strong east-west alignment of Russia’s major biomes reflects this latitudinal influence.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most well known feature of the Russian climate is its very cold winter, brought about by the country’s high latitudes (40-75°N), vast land mass and lack of any topographic obstructions to protect it from arctic winds sweeping across its long, north-facing and often frozen coastline.
Detailed explanation-4: -Russia’s climate ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia, and subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north. Winters vary from cool along the Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia. Summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along the Arctic coast.