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Rich, black topsoil found in the northern European plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine.
Chernozem
Permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground.
Permafrost
The effect of extreme variations in temperature and very little precipitation with in the interior portions of a landmass.
Continentality
vast,treeless plains in cold Northern climates, characterized by permafrost and small, low plants, such as mosses and shrubs.
Tundra
Russian term for the vast subarctic forest, mostly evergreens, that covers much of Russia and Siberia.
Taiga
Wide, grassy plains of Eurasia; also, similar semiarid climate regions elsewhere.
Steppe