PPT-Central Asia/ Russia Physical and Human Geography

Major Landforms Northern European Plain Ural Mountains Caucasus Mountains Turan Plain Northern European Plain Chernozem black earth Moscow St Petersburg Kiev 75 live here Ural Mountains . Written Examinations 80% . o. f Leaving Certificate . Geographical Investigation Report 20% Of Leaving Certificate . Course Outline for Leaving Certificate Geography . Leaving Certificate Course: 500 Marks in Total . Perspectives on health geography. Why Geography and Health?. As . Dr. Trevor . Dummer. . (2008) stated: . Geography and . health are intrinsically linked. Where we are born, live, study and work directly influences our health experiences: the air we breathe, the food we eat, the viruses we are exposed to and the health services we can access. The social, built and natural environments affect our health and well-being in ways that are directly relevant to health policy. Spatial location (the geographic context of places and the connectedness between places) plays a major role in shaping environmental risks as well as many other health effects. Perspectives on health geography. Why Geography and Health?. As . Dr. Trevor . Dummer. . (2008) stated: . Geography and . health are intrinsically linked. Where we are born, live, study and work directly influences our health experiences: the air we breathe, the food we eat, the viruses we are exposed to and the health services we can access. The social, built and natural environments affect our health and well-being in ways that are directly relevant to health policy. Spatial location (the geographic context of places and the connectedness between places) plays a major role in shaping environmental risks as well as many other health effects. Physical Geography. Russia…it’s big. Russia’s Land Size. A comparatively small (<145 million[The USSR had 293 m.]) and concentrated population.. Concentrated development.. Multicultural state.. 330–1450. ). . Lesson 8 . Russia and Eastern Europe. . Learning Objectives. Describe how geography influenced the rise of Russia, and how Kiev grew to be the center of the first Russian state.. Explain how Mongol rule affected Russia.. SECTION 1: GEOGRAPHY. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . Russia & the Eurasian republics take up about one-sixth of the land surface of the entire Earth.. Russia is the largest country in the world in total land mass. . Francisci WG.4. Russia: The Facts. Largest . nation. in the world (2x size of U.S.). Russia is larger than . Pluto. 25% of Russia is located . in . Europe. . and 75% is located in . Asia. (Eurasia). Chapter 11 . Bell Ringer March . 26, 2018. Page 311 – Map Lab. What is the elevation of the Ural Mountains? How does the elevation of the Steppes compare with the Ural Mountains? . Determine how density differs west and far east of the Urals. What physical features contributes to the population distribution? . APHUG | BHS | Ms. Justice. Mumbai, India. Key Questions: Chapter 1. 1.1 What is human geography? . 1.2 What are geographic questions?. 1.3 Why do geographers use maps, and . . what do maps tell us?. FORESTS Forests of the Caucasus and Central Asia – Forest Nuts in Central Asia Ekrem Yazici Roman Michalak UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section Sustainable natural resources and their value chain – NUTS Seminar. in . geography. Presentation. No. . 2. Mgr. Soňa Patočková. SOŠ a Gymnázium Staré Město. 2011. 1. Content. What. . is. . geography. ?. Definition. . of. . geography. History. . Essential Question:. Where are the major physical features and nations of Southern & Eastern Asia located?. Standards:. SS7G9a.. Locate on a world and regional political- physical map:. Ganges River, Huang He (Yellow River), Indus River, Mekong River, Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River, Bay of Bengal, India Ocean, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Gobi Desert, Taklimakan Desert, Himalayan Mountains, and Korean Peninsula.. The World in Spatial Terms. Geography is the study of the special physical and human characteristics of a place or region.. An important part of geography is the relationship between humans and their environment.. The three components of the cryosphere – glaciers, snow and permafrost – are all affected by climate change.. Glaciers of Central Asia are essentially natural reservoirs that accumulate and store water from winter and spring precipitation and release it in summer, when rainfall is low and water demand is high. In the face of ongoing climate change, the challenges related to water management and disaster risk reduction may recur and persist. .