Geography 105 Resources

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven." Matthew 5: 13 – 16

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Eastern Europe and the Balkans Map:

Flags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Poland, Romania

Eastern Europe: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic (Slovakia), Hungary

The CIA World Factbook:
Poland: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pl.html
Czech Republic: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ez.html
Slovak Republic (Slovakia): https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lo.html
Hungary: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hu.html

Balkan Countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, former Yugoslavia (Serbia) now Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia

Romania: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ro.html
Bulgaria: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bu.html
Albania: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/al.html
Bosnia- Herzegovina: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bk.html
Croatia: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hr.html
Macedonia: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mk.html
Slovenia: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/si.html

The Danube (ancient Danubius, and in the lower part of its course, Ister; German Donau; Slovak Dunaj; Hungarian Duna; Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian Dunav; Romanian Dunarea; Ukrainian Dunay), second longest river in Europe, and one of the principal transportation arteries on the continent. It is the only major European river to flow from west to east.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553799/Danube.html

The Iron Gate is a spectacular series of gorges along the Danube River in the border region of Serbia and Romania. A hydroelectric project was completed in the Iron Gate in 1972 as a joint effort between Romania and the former Yugoslavia. The project includes a dam and two power plants.

Mountain Ranges in Eastern Europe and the Balkans

Russia Map

Flags: Kazakhstan, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine

The CIA World Factbook:
Kazakhstan: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html
Russia: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
Lithuania: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lh.html
Ukraine: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html

Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth of Independent States, (CIS), governmental organization founded on December 8, 1991, composed of former Soviet republics, and a partial successor to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560820/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States.html

Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains extend for 2,400 km (1,500 mi) from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the steppes of Kazakhstan in the south. The Urals are traditionally considered the boundary between the European and Asian continents.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567006/Ural_Mountains.html

Siberia

Reindeer rest by sleds in a small town in Taymyria, in northern Siberia. Taymyria is an autonomous okrug (national area) of Russia and is home to native peoples such as the Dolgans and the Nenetsi. By tradition, these peoples are nomadic reindeer herders.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556603/Siberia.html

The Caspian Sea is bordered on the west by Azerbaijan and Russia, on the northeast and east by Kazakhstan, on the east by Turkmenistan, and on the south by Iran.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560153/Caspian_Sea.html

Volga River
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567035/Volga.html

The Volga flows 3700 km (2300 mi) through western Russia, from the Valday Hills southeast of Saint Petersburg to the Caspian Sea just west of the border with Kazakhstan. The longest river in Europe, the Volga is an economically and culturally important waterway, and is mentioned in many Russian books and songs.

Nations that Rely on Nuclear Energy the Most

Chernobyl
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563993/Chernobyl%E2%80%99_Accident.html

On April 26, 1986, one of the nuclear reactors at the Chernobyl’ nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, releasing an estimated 100 to 150 million curies of radiation into the atmosphere. In the weeks following the explosion, cleanup crews worked to contain the damage and reduce emissions from the radioactive debris. Shown here are workers decontaminating an area near the Chernobyl’ plant.