The Experience of RussiaBy Yuseina & Freddy

Location

Russia is located in Northern Asia. It is bordering the Arctic Ocean, between

Europe and North Pacific Ocean. The latitude is 60 degrees North, 100 degrees

East. It has a total of 17,098,242 square miles.

Place

The lowest elevation point is in Caspian Sea -28 m.

The highest elevation point is in Gora El’brus 5,633 m.

There is volcanic activity in the Kuril Island.

Volcanoes & earthquakes Kamchatka Peninsula.

There is spring floods and forest fires.

Human Environment/Interaction

There is air pollution from heavy industries.

There are emissions from coal fired electrical plants.

There is soil contamination from agricultural chemicals.

There is ground water contamination from toxic waste.

Movement

Russia exports petroleum, natural gases, metals, wood and wood products.

Russia exports to the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, China, Turkey and Ukraine.

Russia imports machinery, vehicles, plastic, semi-finished metal products, fruits and medical instrument.

Region

Russia is in Asia. Russia’s total is 17,098,242 sq km. Russia’s total land is 16,377,742 sq km. Russia’s total water is 720,500 sq km.

Weather

Russian winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia.

Russian summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast.

Citation

“Russia” https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html

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