1) What percentage of water has the Aral Sea lost? 80%
2) Why has this water been lost? Because they built a wall splitting the lake up, so they country had more room for crops such as cotton.
3) What other environmental problems affect the area? Because the lake is dried up, the winds come through and stir up the dust, which has paracides.
4) What would have to be done to keep the lake at its present level? You would have to remove 9 of the 18 million acres that are now used for farming.
5) What did you learn about Lake Biakal from the video? We learned that it contains pollution.
6) In the city of Verkhoyansk what extreme temperatures have been recorded? -90F in the winter 90F in the summer.
7) How did Russia's harsh winter help the country in the 1800s (and during WWII)?
Because when Napoleon and his army were going to invade Russia, the weather got so intense, they had to turn around and go home.
8) What made the building of the Trans-Siberian Railroad an enormous undertaking? It cover more than 5,700 miles and 70,000 workers moved 77 million cubic feet of the earth.
9) Research and find a major city in Siberia. What is its population and major attractions? Novosibirsk's population is 1,523,801. Its major attractions are Novosibirsk Zoo, and The State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
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