Russia and the Republics

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Across
  1. 6. the distance of a location from the ocean
  2. 8. the average weather in a location over an entire year
  3. 9. the earth is split into 24 sections, equal to the number of hours in a day
  4. 10. rainfall not absorbed by the soil that runs into streams and rivers
  5. 11. soil found in northern latitudes that is permanently frozen
Down
  1. 1. country that spans 11 time zones; the largest on earth
  2. 2. the deepest lake in the world, found in Russia
  3. 3. distance from the equator
  4. 4. rainfall in all forms
  5. 5. Russian land east of the ural mountains and west of the Russian Far East region
  6. 6. "Black Earth", the most fertile soil on the planet
  7. 7. Russia has plenty of these but struggles to reach them
  8. 12. the largest forest in the world found in northern latitudes