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The Russian Federation is the largest country on earth,
spanning over seventeen million square kilometers. Russia's
topography includes the world's deepest lake and Europe's highest
mountain and longest river.
The broad European Plain, or Volga River Plain extends from the Ural
Mountains to its western borders. In the far southwest the Caucasus
Mountains slice across the land. The country's highest point, Mt.
Elbrus, is located here, at 5642m. The central and southern areas
include large fertile areas, marsh, steppes and massive coniferous
forests. Siberia is a combination of frozen tundra, with rolling
hills rising to plateaus, and numerous rugged mountain ranges. The
northeast, south-central and southeast areas are covered by a wide
variety of mountain ranges. A few on the Kamchatka Peninsula are active
volcanoes. Significant rivers include the Volga, Lena, Ob, and Yenisey. Lake
Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, at 1620m.
Largest Cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk,
Rostov, Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Volgograd, Omsk |
