Russia Questions

1) What percentage of water has the Aral Sea lost?

80%

2) Why has this water been lost?

Water has been lost due to the government irrigating the rivers that feed into it to provide water for cotton. 

3) What other environmental problems affect the area?

Pollution from the cellulose industry get in the water and winds carry it around. There is lots of air pollution from the smoke of these factories. 

4) What would have to be done to keep the lake at its present level?

They would have to remove 9 out 18 million of the acres currently used for farming. 

5) What did you learn about Lake Biakal from the video?

it has enough water to give the world fresh water for a century. It would take 400 years to preserve the lake if we stopped polluting it today. 

6) In the city of Verkhoyansk what extreme temperatures have been recorded?

goes from -90 in winter and up to 104 degrees in the summer. 

7) How did Russia's harsh winter help the country in the 1800s (and during WWII)?

In the 1800's when Napoleon Bonaparte was on his way to try and conquer Moscow, the people their burned all their homes and resources and left, letting the winter take its course. 

8) What made the building of the Trans-Siberian Railroad an enormous undertaking?

It covered 5,700 miles and went through 7 time different zones and they had to clear land and build bridges over many rivers and waterways. 

9) Research and find a major city in Siberia. What is its population and major attractions?

Omsk has a population of 1,166,092 people as of 2014. A major attraction is the Uspensky Cathedral it was blown up in 1935 and later rebuilt.