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Moscow region surrounds and includes

the city of Moscow, the capital of Russia. Moscow oblast was formed in 1929. The main feature of its

relief is the Klin-Dmitrov

Ridge, which 4 __________

roughly east-west across the oblast, north of Moscow

city. The ridge, a line of terminal moraines, reaches a height of 1,000 feet

(300 metres) with a 5 _______

northern slope to the boulder clay plain of the upper Volga

River. South of the ridge is the broad, level plain of the Oka

River and its major tributary, the Moscow River, on which the capital

stands. In the southeast the plain gradually drops to the Meshchera Lowland, an area of 6 _________

swamps. South of the Oka the land rises toward the northern edge of

the Central Russian Upland. The climate of the region is continental. As a

7 _________,

winters are prolonged and cold, with January average temperatures of about −10

°C; summers are mild, with a July average of 18 °C. Average annual

precipitation ranges from 450 mm in the southeast to 660 mm on the Klin-Dmitrov Ridge, with the

maximum precipitation falling in the summer.

sharp

steep

steamy

slim