Geography of Russia information

Geography of Russia
Continent	Europe and Asia
Region	Eastern Europe (European Russia); Northern Asia (Siberia)
Coordinates	60°00′N 100°00′E / 60.000°N 100.000°E
Area
• Land	95.78%
• Water	4.22%
Coastline	37,654 km (23,397 mi)
Borders	Poland 204.1 km (126.8 mi); Lithuania 266 km (165 mi); Norway 195.8 km (121.7 mi); Finland 1,271.8 km (790.3 mi); Estonia 138 km (86 mi); Latvia 270.5 km (168.1 mi); Belarus 1,239 km (770 mi); Ukraine 1,925.8 km (1,196.6 mi); Georgia 875.5 km (544.0 mi); Azerbaijan 372.6 km (231.5 mi); Kazakhstan 7,512.8 km (4,668.2 mi); China 4,209.3 km (2,615.5 mi); Mongolia 3,485 km (2,165 mi); North Korea 17 km (11 mi); Japan; United States
Highest point	Mount Elbrus; 5,642 m (18,510 ft)
Lowest point	Caspian Sea,; −28 m (−92 ft)
Longest river	Yenisei–Angara–Selenge,; 5,539 km (3,442 mi)
Largest lake	Lake Baikal; 31,722 km2 (12,248 sq mi)
Climate	European Russia and Siberia: mostly cool climate; Extreme north: tundra; Extreme southeast: temperate continental
Terrain	Most of Russia consists of two plains (the East European Plain and the West Siberian Plain), two lowlands (the North Siberian and the Kolyma, in far northeastern Siberia), two plateaus (the Central Siberian Plateau and the Lena Plateau to its east), and a series of mountainous areas mainly concentrated in the extreme northeast or extending intermittently along the southern border.
Natural resources	Oil, gas, coal, timber, metals, diamonds, copper, lead, zinc, bauxite, nickel, tin, mercury, gold, silver, platinum, titanium, manganese, potash, uranium, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, polymetals, chromium, phosphates, apatites, talc, asbestos, mica, salt, amber, precious and semiprecious stones, sand, clay, limestone, marble, granite, iron ore, arable land, tobacco, tea, citrus fruit, hydroelectricity, fresh water, fruits, and vegetables.
Natural hazards	Earthquakes, landslides, storms, hurricanes, forest fires, and floods.
Environmental issues	Deforestation, energy irresponsibility, pollution, and nuclear waste.
Exclusive economic zone	7,566,673 km2 (2,921,509 sq mi)

Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,192 km² (6,612,074 sq mi), and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area. Russia extends across eleven time zones, and has the most borders of any country in the world, with sixteen sovereign nations.^[b]

Russia is a transcontinental country, stretching vastly over two continents, Europe and Asia.^[1] It spans the northernmost edge of Eurasia, and has the world's fourth-longest coastline, at 37,653 km (23,396 mi).^[c]^[3] Russia, alongside Canada and the United States, is one of only three countries with a coast along three oceans (however connection to the Atlantic Ocean is extremely remote),^[1] due to which it has links with over thirteen marginal seas.^[d]^[4] It lies between latitudes 41° and 82° N, and longitudes 19° E and 169° W. Russia is larger than three continents of the world^[e] and has about the same surface area as Pluto.^[6] Russia encompasses, by far, the largest forest area of any country in the world.^[7]

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^ ^a ^b "Russia". National Geographic Kids. National Geographic. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "Is the Caspian a sea or a lake?". The Economist. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2021. Like many lakes, it does not feed into an ocean, but it is sea-like in its size and depth.
^ "Coastline - The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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^ Taylor, Callum (2 April 2018). "Russia is huge, and that's about the size of it". Medium. Retrieved 6 July 2021. Russia takes up 17,098,250 square kilometres, roughly one-eighth of the world's total land mass. That's larger than the entire continent of Antarctica...
^ Clark, Stuart (28 July 2015). "Pluto: ten things we now know about the dwarf planet". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Pluto's diameter is larger than expected at 2,370 kilometres across. This is about two-thirds the size of Earth's moon, giving Pluto a surface area comparable to Russia.
^ "Global Forest Resources Assessment" (PDF). Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[natgeo-3] "Russia". National Geographic Kids. National Geographic. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[4] "Is the Caspian a sea or a lake?". The Economist. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2021. Like many lakes, it does not feed into an ocean, but it is sea-like in its size and depth.

[6] "Coastline - The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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[9] Taylor, Callum (2 April 2018). "Russia is huge, and that's about the size of it". Medium. Retrieved 6 July 2021. Russia takes up 17,098,250 square kilometres, roughly one-eighth of the world's total land mass. That's larger than the entire continent of Antarctica...

[11] Clark, Stuart (28 July 2015). "Pluto: ten things we now know about the dwarf planet". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Pluto's diameter is larger than expected at 2,370 kilometres across. This is about two-thirds the size of Earth's moon, giving Pluto a surface area comparable to Russia.

[12] "Global Forest Resources Assessment" (PDF). Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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