1,000 Miles 500 0 I==:::;=====, ----' ··20"W - 80'N 1,000 Kilometers 0 80 ti -- 780° .. ARCTIC OCEAN - "!':$i· / Ber ing -- 1-_ -' Se!'I_ ·t1(·• C \\ N O Drylands O Mountains O . Diversified agriculture Q Large-scale grain production O Urban truck farming Humid subtropical specialized agricultural Agricultural Regions FIGURE 9.8 production ) h imate and poor soils combine to limit agriculture across much of the Russian domain. Better farmlands Q Tundra (:) Taiga are found in Ukraine and in European Russia south of Moscow. Portions of southern Siberia support wheat production but yield marginal results. In the Russian Far East, warmer climates and better soils enable higher agricultural productivity. (Modified from Clawson and Fisher; 2004, Norld Regional Geography, Upper Saddle River; NJ: Prentice Hall) associated with permafrost, a cold-climate condition of unstable , is seasonally frozen ground that limits the growth of vegetation and causes problems for railroad construction. South of the tundra, the Russian taiga, or coniferous forest zone, dominates a large portion of the Russian interior. With huge demand for lumber from nearby Japan and China, the eastern taiga zone has been increasingly threatened by both authorized logging and illegal timber poaching (Figure 9.10). The Russian Far East The Russian Far East is a distinctive gion characterized by proximity to the Pacific Ocean, a more southerly latitude, and a pair of fertile river valleys. Located at about the sa)Jle latitude as North America's New England, the region features longer growing seasons and milder climates than those found to the west or north. Here, the continental climates of the Siberian interior meet the seasonal monsoon rains of East Asia. It is a fascinating zone of ical mixing: Conifers of the taiga mingle with Asian hardwoods, and reindeer, Siberian
0 500 1,000 Miles I==:::;=====, ----' ··20"W - 80'N 0 1,000 Kilometers 80 ti -- 780° ARCTIC OCEAN - "!':$i· -- 1-_ Ber ing -' Se!'I_ .. / ·t1(·• \\ FIGURE 9.8 Agricultural Regions imate and poor soils combine to limit agriculture across much of the Russian domain. Better farmlands O Diversified agriculture Q Large-scale grain production O Urban truck farming Humid subtropical specialized agricultural production Q Tundra (:) Taiga O Drylands O Mountains . ) are found in Ukraine and in European Russia south of Moscow. Portions of southern Siberia support wheat production but yield marginal results. In the Russian Far East, warmer climates and better soils enable higher agricultural productivity. (Modified from Clawson and Fisher; 2004, Norld Regional Geography, Upper Saddle River; NJ: Prentice Hall) is associated with permafrost, a cold-climate condition of unstable , seasonally frozen ground that limits the growth of vegetation and causes problems for railroad construction. South of the tundra, the Russian taiga, or coniferous forest zone, dominates a large portion of the Russian interior. With huge demand for lumber from nearby Japan and China, the eastern taiga zone has been increasingly threatened by both authorized logging and illegal timber poaching (Figure 9.10). The Russian Far East The Russian Far East is a distinctive gion characterized by proximity to the Pacific Ocean, a more southerly latitude, and a pair of fertile river valleys. Located at about the sa)Jle latitude as North America's New England, the region features longer growing seasons and milder climates than those found to the west or north. Here, the continental climates of the Siberian interior meet the seasonal monsoon rains of East Asia. It is a fascinating zone of ical mixing: Conifers of the taiga mingle with Asian hardwoods, and reindeer, Siberian N h C
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