Klass: Postsovetskii Region Bez Rossii I Stran Baltii Urok Geografiia 10

Central Asia — twenty-five years after the breakup of the USSR

: Dominated by the East European Plain , this area features fertile agricultural land and major river systems like the Dnieper. Central Asia — twenty-five years after the breakup

The economic landscape is largely defined by natural resource availability and the legacy of Soviet industrialization: the Caucasus ( Armenia

The comprises 11 sovereign nations across three distinct geographic sub-regions: Eastern Europe ( Belarus , Ukraine , Moldova ), the Caucasus ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia ), and Central Asia ( Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan ). 1. Geographic Sub-regions and Natural Landscapes and Central Asia ( Kazakhstan

: A mountainous isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas, defined by the Greater and Lesser Caucasus mountains and high ethnic and linguistic diversity.