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| Projected future changes in northern Asia permafrost boundary under the SRES A2 scenario for 2100 (IPCC) |
| Melting Permafrost |
| Permafrost Top picture: Norilsk - demolition of apartment blcok due to damaged foundations Bottom: Talnakh - water leak in crawl space |
| Annual precipitation (in mm) |
| Fig 1.9 Mean annual precipitation (mm) |
| Ave. annual precipitation (in inches) |
| Mean PPT in mm |
| Precipitation / Evaporation ratios |
| P/E ratios and agriculture |
| Moisture resources behind Soviet agriculture |
| Table 1.1 Climate indicators |
| Table 2.2 Blinnikov, p. 17. |
| Figure 3.2 Climates of Northern Eurasia. Blinnikov, p. 25. |
| Figure 3.2 cont., Climates of Northern Eurasia. Blinnikov, p. 26. |
| Table 3.1 Climate Extremes, Blinnikov, p. 30 |
| Vegetation zones |
| Vegetation zones |
| Fig 1.10 Former USSR: soils |
| Soils |
| Natural Regions |
| River systems |
| Chief waterways of Europeans USSS |
| Fog over Lake Baykal In East Siberia |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Sakhalin Island |
| Sakhalinsk |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk dating from Japanese control over southern half of Sakhalin Island before WWII |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk salmon |
| Sakhalin Island |
| Saklhalin Island |
| Sakhalin Island |
| Winter on Sakhalin Island |
| Sakhalin Island |
| Sakhalin Island |
| Sakhalin Island |
| Sakhalin Island |
| Salkalin Island |
| Sakhalin Island |
| Sakhalin Island |
| Overlooking Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| Cities & Rivers of the Russian North |
| Glaciers and landforms |
| Vegetation zones |
| Vegetation zones |
| Fig 1.10 Former USSR: soils |
| Soils |
| Natural Regions |
| River systems |
| Table 2.2 Biggest 11 Rivers |
| Chief waterways of Europeans USSS |
| Cities & Rivers of the Russian North |
| Figure 5.5 IUCN, Blinnikov, p. 62. |
| Table 5.1, Blinnikov, p. 52. |
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