https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt en-us 2018-03-08 15:56:41 UTC 2018-03-08 16:33:58 UTC hello@padlet.com kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239731400 Much of this region is too dry for trees, but mountains such as the Tien Shan of Kazakhstan get enough rain and snow to support forests.]]> 2018-03-08 15:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239731400 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239734057 The Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland body of water, supports a rich variety of plant and animal life.]]> 2018-03-08 16:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239734057 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239736989 Atatürk Dam provides Turkey with water for irrigation and hydroelectric power.]]> 2018-03-08 16:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239736989 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239738162 Soviet engineers diverted water from the rivers that feed the Aral Sea, a landlocked salt lake, to irrigate farmland in Central Asia.]]> 2018-03-08 16:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239738162 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239739785 In arid regions, rivers such as the Tigris provide a vital but limited source of water.]]> 2018-03-08 16:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239739785 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239740728 The great historic barrier of the Caucasus Mountains rises up across the wide isthmus separating the Black and Caspian seas in the region where Europe and Asia converge]]> 2018-03-08 16:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239740728 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239746921 The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia.]]> 2018-03-08 16:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239746921 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239748084 The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land.]]> 2018-03-08 16:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239748084 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239749425 Far to the north, in a band that parallels the Arctic shoreline is a zone of tundra. This largely treeless zone is dominated by very small plants and animals that have adapted to the polar conditions of the region.]]> 2018-03-08 16:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239749425 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239753225 Extending across Russia to the south of the tundra is a broad forested zone called the taiga. The term taiga means "land of little sticks," a reference to the fact that trees do not grow to great size under the harsh conditions.]]> 2018-03-08 16:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239753225 kacy_mxo https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239755828 South of the forests are broad open stretches that the Russians call the steppes. In European Russia, the steppes were once a grassland.]]> 2018-03-08 16:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kacy_mxo/57a8ns1kxfrt/wish/239755828