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NATURAL AND GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND Environment Protection |
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Borders on Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, China, |
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Korea (Peoples Democratic Republic), Latvia, Lithuania, |
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Mongolia, Norway, Poland, USA, Ukraine, Finland, Estonia, |
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Japan. |
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Especially
protected territories (national parks, nature reserves, wildlife
preserves, special hunting reserves) |
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Share in total territory1, % : |
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agricultural land – 12,9 |
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forest area – 50,9 |
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water basin area – 4,2 |
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other – 32 |
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The longest rivers, km |
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(length along the territory of the state) |
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Lena – 4400 |
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Ob – 3650 |
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Volga – 3531 |
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Yenisei – 3487 |
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Amur – 2824 |
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Ural - 2428 |
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The largest lakes, thous. sq. km |
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Caspian Sea (total area, mln. sq. km ) – 0,4 |
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Baikal - 31,5 |
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Ladozhskoye – 18,1 |
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Onezhskoye - 9,7 |
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The highest point, m |
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mountain Elbrus - 5642 |
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Average of many years temperature |
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January 00 C to - 500C |
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July +10 C to + 250C |
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1 Data of the Federal Real Estate Cadastre Agency. |
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