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| Continent | Europe and Asia |
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| 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) |
| 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 17,125,191 km2 (6,612,073 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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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.