Russian plain, otherwise East European -the second longest plain in the world, slightly inferior to the territory of the Amazon. From west to east, it stretches more than 2500 kilometers, and from north to south - about 1000. Its western borders border with such states as Ukraine and Belarus, and then its territory stretches all the way to the Urals. The base of the plain is an ancient platform, mostly covered with a sedimentary cover. Only in two places, in Karelia and on the Kola Peninsula, this prehistoric platform comes to the surface, forming the so-called Baltic shield.
The climate of the Russian plain is mostly temperate,and only closer to the extreme north goes to the subarctic. The continental climate line extends to the east and southeast. Precipitation year-round, usually associated with westerly winds that blow from the Atlantic. Here they fall more than in other flat areas of the Russian Federation. The sources of the largest rivers, the Northern Dvina and the Volga, can be considered the most humidified. And in the north-west, such areas are the areas of Ladoga, Onega, Chudsky, Ilmensky lakes with smaller bodies of water adjacent to them, most of which are glacial in origin.
If we consider the climate of the Russian plain of the southern suburbs, then the amount of precipitation there is much less, the summer is dry and frequent dry winds, causing significant damage to the national economy.
Водные ресурсы русской равнины пополняются за through snow and rainfall, melting snow and ice cover, spring floods. Naturally, groundwater also plays an important role in this process. But this does not apply to the southern rivers, which are not so abundant, and their water supply due to groundwater is limited.
Climatic and relief originality causeda clear division of the entire territory of the plain into natural areas. Moreover, about 40 percent of all country's grasslands and 12 percent of pasture lands are located here. As for the population, it is on the territory of the East European Plain that almost fifty percent of the inhabitants of the Russian Federation live.
Russian plain generously endowed with natural resources. A big plus in their development and use is the dense population of this territory by people.
Types of resources:
- water
As already noted, a large number of large and small rivers flow through the territory of the Russian plain.
The largest waterway is the Volga.Its economic value is difficult to overestimate, because the river connects various economic areas of the country, irrigates more than two and a half million hectares of land, is an important shipping center. In terms of fish production, the Volga also plays an important role.
Volga is followed by the Don, also the largestwater resource of Russia. Fishing, shipping, and other economic needs, satisfied by the Don, indicate the great importance of this river.
The Russian plain is washed by White and Black,Baltic and Caspian Seas. Extraction of seafood, oil and gas, sea resorts with recreation centers, boarding houses and sanatoriums, ports of international and regional importance - all this makes each marine resource in its own way unique and extremely important for the country.
- mineral resources and natural resources of the Russian plain
These include, for example, iron ores:in the Kursk region, in unique fields, up to 50% of all their reserves in the country are contained. Belgorod region is famous for its bauxite with alumina. Phosphorites, potash and rock salts supply the country Moscow and Bryansk regions. These chemicals are actively mined and find the widest range of applications. In the same regions, as well as in Tula and Belgorod, deposits of building materials - chalk, quartz sand, kaolin clay, etc. have been actively developed for many years.
The Russian Plain provides itself and neighboring regions with energy resources - gas, oil, peat, coal. Their deposits are located in the Middle Volga region, Ivanovo, Kostroma regions.
- animal and plant resources
The territory of the West European Plain hasthe most favorable conditions for the development of such branches of agriculture as plant growing and cattle breeding. Forest wealth in the form of wood and hunting resources is an important source of income in the Russian economy.
