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Russia

Location : northern asia (that part west of the urals is included with europe). bordering the arctic ocean. between europe and the north pacific ocean

Geographic Coordinates : 60 00 n. 100 00 e

Map Reference : asia

Area : total: 17.075.200 sq km land: 16.995.800 sq km water: 79.400 sq km

Area Comparative: approximately 1.8 times the size of the us

Russia More Facts

Land boundaries : total: 20.017 km border countries: azerbaijan 284 km. belarus 959 km. china (southeast) 3.605 km. china (south) 40 km. estonia 294 km. finland 1.340 km. georgia 723 km. kazakhstan 6.846 km. north korea 19 km. latvia 217 km. lithuania (kaliningrad oblast) 227 km. mongolia 3.485 km. norway 196 km. poland (kaliningrad oblast) 206 km. ukraine 1.576 km

coastline : 202

Maritime Claims : territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate: ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of european russia; subarctic in siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along black sea coast to frigid in siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along arctic coast

Terrain : broad plain with low hills west of urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions

Elevation extremes : lowest point: caspian sea -28 m highest point: gora el'brus 5.633 m

Natural Resources :wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil. natural gas. coal. and many strategic minerals. timber note: formidable obstacles of climate. terrain. and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources

Land use : arable land: 7.33% permanent crops: 0.11% other: 92.56% (2001)

Irrigated Lands : 46.630 sq km (1998 est.)