1. what are russia’s main physical regions?
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Given these topological factors, Russia may be subdivided into six main relief regions: the Kola-Karelian region, the Russian Plain, the Ural Mountains, the West Siberian Plain, the Central Siberian Plateau, and the mountains of the south and east.
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Russia has 46 oblasts, 21 republics (22, if including Crimea), 9 krais, 4 autonomous okrugs, 2 federal cities (3 if including Sevastopol), and 1 autonomous oblast, for a total of 83 (or 85) subdivisions. Why is a country sometimes called a state?
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As the two largest and best known cities in Russia, Moscow and St. ... Both sit on the banks of major rivers – St. Petersburg on the Neva and Moscow on the Moskva River. Both have served as the capital of Russia for periods of the country's history.
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In the decades after it was established, the Russian-dominated Soviet Union grew into one of the world's most powerful and influential states and eventually encompassed 15 republics–Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, ...
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Russia is located in the northern hemisphere since it lies north of the equator.
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1. Russia – 7,762,602 km (2,997,157 mi)which are 45.40% of the country's land area. Russia is not only the largest country in the world, but also the country with the largest forest area. The forest area of Russia alone is the size of the entire continent of Australia!
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The countries with whom Russia shares its land border include North Korea, China, Norway, Finland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland, Georgia, Mongolia, Latvia, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Lithuania.
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Russia is the world's biggest country by land area, while the United States is either the third or the fourth largest (China's claims to territories disputed by other countries, especially India, will determine which of the two countries is bigger than the other), with 17,098,242 sqm and 9,826,675 sqm, respectively.
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Physical Geography. East Asia is surrounded by a series of mountain ranges in the west, Mongolia and Russia in the north, and Southeast Asia to the south. The Himalayas border Tibet and Nepal; the Karakoram Ranges, Pamirs, and the Tian Shan Mountains shadow Central Asia; and the Altay Mountains are next to Russia.
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Most of European Russia lies on the North- ern European Plain. This fertile area has Russia's mildest climate, and about 75 percent of Russians live here. ... East of the Ural Mountains is Asian Russia, which includes Siberia. Northern Siberia has one of the coldest climates in the world.
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Russia currently has 11 time zones, from the Kaliningrad Oblast, a Baltic enclave in the west, to the Kamchatka Krai in the Far East. When the easternmost regions move to the Magadan time zone, their time difference with Kaliningrad will be reduced to nine hours.
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Which continent does Russia belong to? Russia is part of both Europe and Asia.
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There are four main islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. There are also nearly 4,000 smaller islands! Japan's nearest mainland neighbors are the Siberian region of Russia in the north and Korea and China farther south. Almost four-fifths of Japan is covered with mountains.
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Major Geographical Regions. According to the AP World History framework, there are five major geographical regions. They are Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. The continent of Africa lies south of Europe, and west of Asia.
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Russia Mountain Ranges map European Russia has two major mountain chains, the Caucasus, which marks the southwestern border between Asia and Europe, and the Ural mountains, which lies on the Asia-Europe border as well.
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Region 1: USA & Canada, Bermuda, and US Territories. Region 2: Europe (with the exceptions of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Middle East, Egypt, Lesotho, and Greenland. Region 3: Southeastern Asia. Region 4: Latin America and Australia.