Russia

Russia book cover — CHANGING WORLD RUSSIA Simon Adams

Russia — page 1 — CHAPTER 1 Introduction The Russian Federation usually known just as Russia is by far the largest country in the world It is almost twice as big as China and extends halfway around the globe It sprawls across eastern Europe and all of northern Asia covering 11 different time zones Russia Much of northern Russia including Siberia is covered with vast coniferous forest that stretches for thousands of miles This empty region is drained by large rivers that flow north into the Arctic Ocean lies between the Baltic Sea in the west the Pacific Ocean in the east the Arctic Ocean in the north and the Caspian and Black seas in the south The Bering Strait at the eastern tip of Russia separates Russia from North America and the state of Alaska Fourteen other countries border Russia only China has as many neighbors European Russia The western or European part of Russia 28 percent of the total country lies at the eastern end of the vast low-lying North European Plain This plain stretches from the North Sea east across Germany Poland Belarus and Russia to the Ural Mountains In Russia this fertile area is drained by the Volga Don and other large south-flowing rivers In the far south the Caucasus Mountains containing Mount Elbrus PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Total area 6,659,328 square miles 17,075,200 square kilometers sq km Highest point Mount Elbrus 18,506 feet 5,642 meters m Lowest point Volga Delta Caspian Sea 92 feet 28 m below sea level Coastline 23,345 miles 37,653 km Major rivers Ob Irtysh Amur Volga Yenisey Lena Major cities Moscow St Petersburg Novosibirsk Nizhniy Novgorod Yekaterinburg Samara Omsk Source CIA World Factbook

Russia

Russia

Russia is the largest country in the world and its natural resources make it one of the richest.

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By: Simon Adams

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Published by: Arcturus Publishing provided by Britannica

9-12Age Range

-AR

42Pages

AsiaSubject

-Lexile

30-45 minsReading Time

-Guided Reading

-Fountas & Pinnell

-DRA

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