The great extent of Eurasia from north to south determines the formation over its territory of all types of air masses of arctic, temperate, tropical, equatorial. Therefore, the continent is located in all climatic zones of the northern hemisphere. The considerable length of the continent from west to east predetermines the difference in the climate … Read more
1. On a comprehensive map, find the minerals of Canada. Explain their placement. How does their population use them? This task is better done on the contour map. Label the icons of the same color with combustible minerals, in another color – ore minerals and the third color – non-metallic minerals. Ore minerals are mined … Read more
By maps, analyze the density of the population in different regions of the Far East. What natural and socio-economic conditions contributed to such placement of the population? In most of the Far East, the population density is less than 1 person / km2. As completely uninhabited territory is shown about. New Siberia and Fr. Small … Read more
The area is 17.8 million km2. The population is -370 million people. The length of the coastline is 26 thousand km. The highest point above sea level is in Aconcagua. The lowest point from the sea level is the Valdez Peninsula. The longest river is the Amazon from Ucayali. The largest lake is Maracaibo. The … Read more
The most important sea routes connecting the countries of Europe and Africa with the New World pass through the Atlantic Ocean. On the coast and the islands of the Atlantic are world famous recreation areas and tourism. The busiest sea routes run between 35-40 ° and 55-60 ° N. w. Historically, the Atlantic Ocean has … Read more
The wet equatorial forest zone covers the coast of the Gulf of Guinea to the north of the equator and the Congo River basin, extending for 1600 km from north to south and 5000 km from east to east. This natural zone is unique and unique. There are practically no seasons: in winter and summer, … Read more
What are the main branches of specialization in Eastern Siberia? What conditions determined their development? The main branches of specialization in Eastern Siberia can be determined using Table 2 of the textbook application. These are metallurgy, electric power and timber industry. The first two branches are interrelated. The development of metallurgy has determined the huge … Read more
South America together with the North form a single part of the world – America. South America, like Africa, is crossed by the equator, so it is located simultaneously in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. But unlike Africa, most of the continent lies south of the equator. Consequently, like in Australia, in most of … Read more
North America is the mainland of large lakes. The pioneers of America, mastering new lands, liked to add the epithet “big” to the name of the geographical object. And we were not mistaken, because of the world’s eight largest lakes in the world, 8 are located here. Most of the lakes are mainly tectonic or … Read more
The physiographic position of Eurasia is determined by its size, a large extent from west to east and from north to south. Eurasia lies in all climatic belts of the Earth. It is the only continent that is washed by the waters of all four oceans. The coastline of the continent is strongly dissected, there … Read more