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When oceanic or continental plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or move in the same direction but at different speeds, a transform fault boundary is formed. No new crust is created or subducted, and no volcanoes form, but earthquakes occur along the fault.
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Mountain chains and river systems generally run North-South throughout the continent thus making for formidable barriers to East-West expansion.
Answer: The answer is a Dead Zone.
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Among Russia's most important environmental problems: Water pollution is the most serious concern. Less than half of Russia's population has access to safe drinking water. ... Air quality is almost as poor as water quality, with over 200 cities often exceeding Russian pollution limits, and is likely to worsen.
Rural settlement means people living in rural areas, that is, not in the cities (which are urban areas).
Less and less people live in rural areas because there are less jobs there than in the city as our farming becomes more and more industrialized - before more people had to work on the farm, as more things had to be done by hand.
