Area > Comparative
approximately 1.8 times the size of the US |
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Capital city with population
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Moscow - 10,415,400 |
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Forested Land
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50.4% |
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[36th of 193]
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Largest city
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Moscow |
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Largest city population
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9,269,000 |
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[13th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Moscow - 10,415,400 |
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Map references
Asia |
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[11th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[144th of 190]
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Natural hazards
permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia |
Natural resources
wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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81°52'N |
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Population density
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8.61 people per sqkm |
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[207th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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8.74 people/m²
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[187th of 204]
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Precipitation
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691 mm |
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[52nd of 95]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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31.73 people/km² of arable lan |
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[72nd of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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17,098,240 km²
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[1st of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
Gora El'brus |
Terrain
broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions |
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