NATURAL AND GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND Environment Protection

Borders on Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, China,

Korea (Peoples Democratic Republic), Latvia, Lithuania,

Mongolia, Norway, Poland, USA, Ukraine, Finland, Estonia,

Japan.

Especially  protected  territories (national parks, nature  reserves, wildlife preserves, special hunting reserves)
number, units - 140;
total territory, mln. ha  - 41,1

Share in total territory¹, % :

agricultural land – 12,9

forest area – 50,9

water basin area – 4,2

other – 32

The longest rivers,  km

(length along the territory of the state)

Lena – 4400

Ob – 3650

Volga – 3531

Yenisei – 3487

Amur – 2824

Ural - 2428

The largest lakes, thous. sq. km

Caspian Sea (total area, mln. sq. km ) – 0,4

Baikal - 31,5

Ladozhskoye – 18,1

Onezhskoye - 9,7

The highest point, m

mountain Elbrus  -  5642

Average of  many years temperature

January  0⁰ C to - 50⁰C

July      +1⁰ C to + 25⁰C

¹ Data of the Federal Real Estate Cadastre  Agency.