Climate+Regions+in+Russia

= **Climate Regions in Russia: **  **Ashley Christensen **   =

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 * Russia has 4 main climate regions, since it is huge. The first type of climate regions is steppe; this type of climate isn’t seen much in Russia except in the south western part of Russia. The most steppe climate in Russia is in between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. This type of climate region falls under the dry region. Humid continental is the second climate region in Russia. This climate region isn’t big either but it covers more of Russia then steppe. Humid continental is mostly in south western part of Russia also and a small part in the Far East part. This type of climate region falls under the mid-latitude region. **


 * The most climates you will see in Russia would be subarctic. Subarctic covers almost all of Russia. From east to west subarctic cover Russia. This climate is very cold and not many people would like it; Subarctic falls under the high latitude which means it will be extremely cold weather. There is one other type of high latitude which is tundra. This is the second largest climate region in Russia; this is found in only the northern part of Russia. Tundra is very cold and dry, so not many people live in these places. **
 * If you look at a population map you would find that most of Russia’s cities and people are in the western part of Russia. This is because of Siberia and its extremely cold weather, most of the population is in the western part of Russia because it’s a lot warmer than the rest of Russia. There aren’t many activities in north eastern Russia because of the cold dry weather. So far Russia doesn’t look like a very good place to live with all of the cold weather. There are many mountains in north eastern Russia and that’s what attracts people, but not many people can stand the cold. **
 * If you look at a economic activity map you would also see that there isn’t much resources or activity in north eastern Russia because of the cold climate regions. There isn’t a lot of nice weather in Russia but the best climates are in south western Russia, and the best mountains are in north eastern Russia. Russia is a huge continent so the climate regions vary from place to place and that why there are so many climate regions. Russia has 4 main climate regions and more of them are colder and are below freezing. **