Chapter 15 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. / a soil common in cool or temperate semiarid climates, very black and rich in humus and carbonates.
  2. 4. / Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
  3. 5. / Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
  4. 7. / a region in SE Europe, S of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas: constituted a republic 1922–36 (Transcaucasian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic) area now includes the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
  5. 9. / something that drains or flows off, as rain that flows off from the land in streams.
Down
  1. 1. Railroad / a railroad traversing Siberia, from Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains to Vladivostok: constructed by the Russian government 1891–1916. over 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
  2. 3. / the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
  3. 6. Mountains / a mountain range in the W Russian Federation, extending N and S from the Arctic Ocean to near the Caspian Sea, forming a natural boundary between Europe and Asia.
  4. 8. Asia / a region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan