logging in or signing up RussiaCentralAsia Gulkund Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 578 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (2) Dislike it (0) Added: October 12, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Russia and Central Asia: Russia and Central Asia Leading countries: Leading countries GDP-- Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan Land Size--Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Population--Russia, Kazakhstan, UzbekistanPhysical Characteristics: Physical Characteristics Vast time zone--Spans two continents (Europe and Asia), covers 11 time zones Vast area of tundra, taiga, permafrost, and steppe varied climate regions huge black earth belt (rich Chernozem soil)Slide4: Mountains Caucasus Ural Mountains (divide Europe from Asia) Siberia (the sleeping land), located east of the Urals Major oil, natural gas, and mineral resoures Slide5: Many water features (be able to put on a map) Volga River Ob River Amur River Lake Baikal Caspian Sea Aral Sea Bering Strait Pacific Ocean Arctic OceanPhysical Characteristics: Physical Characteristics Some rivers flow northward to the Arctic OceanEconomic Characteristics: Economic Characteristics Transition from communist to free market economy Farming and Industry concentrated in the Fertile Triangle region, home of rich Chernozem soils (wheat farming) Slide8: Infrastructure--Trans Siberian Railroad plus systems of rivers, and canals and railroads Energy resources--Hydroelectric power, oil and natural gasEconomic characteristics cont.: Economic characteristics cont. Russian natural resources are not fully developed due to climate, limited transportation links, and vastness of the country Foreign competition for investment in the region (oil pipeline) widespread pollutionSlide10: shrinking of the Aral Sea due to the diverting of rivers feeding the sea (irrigation) political and economic difficulties after the breakup of the Soviet Union cotton production in Central Asia Cultural Characteristics: Cultural Characteristics Diverse ethnic groups, customs, and traditions (many of Turkic and Mongol heritage) Cultural Heritage Ballet Fabergé eggs Music Icons Matrioshka dolls Oriental carpets Samovars Slide12: Cultural Landscape -Russian Orthodox churches -St. Basil’s Church -Red Square -Kremlin -mosques, minarets -Siberian villages -Soviet style apartment blocksCultural characteristics cont.: Cultural characteristics cont. Cities as a center of culture and trade Moscow St. Petersburg NovosibirskMatrioshka dolls: Matrioshka dollsFaberge’ eggs: Faberge’ eggsSamovars: SamovarsKremlin: KremlinSt. Basil’s Cathedral: St. Basil’s CathedralRussian Orthodox Church: Russian Orthodox Church You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
RussiaCentralAsia Gulkund Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 578 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (2) Dislike it (0) Added: October 12, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Russia and Central Asia: Russia and Central Asia Leading countries: Leading countries GDP-- Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan Land Size--Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Population--Russia, Kazakhstan, UzbekistanPhysical Characteristics: Physical Characteristics Vast time zone--Spans two continents (Europe and Asia), covers 11 time zones Vast area of tundra, taiga, permafrost, and steppe varied climate regions huge black earth belt (rich Chernozem soil)Slide4: Mountains Caucasus Ural Mountains (divide Europe from Asia) Siberia (the sleeping land), located east of the Urals Major oil, natural gas, and mineral resoures Slide5: Many water features (be able to put on a map) Volga River Ob River Amur River Lake Baikal Caspian Sea Aral Sea Bering Strait Pacific Ocean Arctic OceanPhysical Characteristics: Physical Characteristics Some rivers flow northward to the Arctic OceanEconomic Characteristics: Economic Characteristics Transition from communist to free market economy Farming and Industry concentrated in the Fertile Triangle region, home of rich Chernozem soils (wheat farming) Slide8: Infrastructure--Trans Siberian Railroad plus systems of rivers, and canals and railroads Energy resources--Hydroelectric power, oil and natural gasEconomic characteristics cont.: Economic characteristics cont. Russian natural resources are not fully developed due to climate, limited transportation links, and vastness of the country Foreign competition for investment in the region (oil pipeline) widespread pollutionSlide10: shrinking of the Aral Sea due to the diverting of rivers feeding the sea (irrigation) political and economic difficulties after the breakup of the Soviet Union cotton production in Central Asia Cultural Characteristics: Cultural Characteristics Diverse ethnic groups, customs, and traditions (many of Turkic and Mongol heritage) Cultural Heritage Ballet Fabergé eggs Music Icons Matrioshka dolls Oriental carpets Samovars Slide12: Cultural Landscape -Russian Orthodox churches -St. Basil’s Church -Red Square -Kremlin -mosques, minarets -Siberian villages -Soviet style apartment blocksCultural characteristics cont.: Cultural characteristics cont. Cities as a center of culture and trade Moscow St. Petersburg NovosibirskMatrioshka dolls: Matrioshka dollsFaberge’ eggs: Faberge’ eggsSamovars: SamovarsKremlin: KremlinSt. Basil’s Cathedral: St. Basil’s CathedralRussian Orthodox Church: Russian Orthodox Church