Earth is truly unique.Here are placed different continents, which, respectively, are different countries with their own geographical features.The largest mainland Eurasia considered.Here, among other countries, is Russia.The article describes the geography of Eurasia and Russia in more detail.Find out where the extreme continental point of Russia.
Eurasia
of Eurasia takes 36% of the Earth's land surface (more than 53 500 million sq. Km), it is home to about 3/4 of the population of the entire planet Earth (about 5 billion).The continent is divided into two parts, Europe and Asia.Between themselves, they are geographically uneven.The latter is more than 80% of the area of the whole continent.
Europe
most northern section of this part is Cape Nordkyn (Kinnarudden).Located in Norway, he is a rock jutting out into the Barents Sea.The opposite point, the southernmost - Cape Morrocco.This place is located in the Spanish province of Cadiz, in the Strait of Gibraltar.There is a lighthouse.Distance to the coast of Africa is only 14 km away.Cape Roca (Portugal) - West Point.It also is a lighthouse, giving light ships that sail the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.The northernmost site is located on the territory of our country, the Polar Urals.
Asia
at the ends of the continents may coincide with those of some countries.For example, there has been and RF.Some extreme continental point of Russia coincide with these portions of said part of the continent.Their two.The extreme northern continental point of Russia is located on Cape Chelyuskin.It is located at the tip of the Taimyr Peninsula.Easternmost point of Russia - Cape Dezhnev.It is located in Chukotka.These endpoints are named after the great Russian Arctic researchers.In Asia, there is Cape Baba.This is the western extreme point of this area of the continent.It is located in the northwestern part of the peninsular Turkish Education in Asia Minor.Southern Section - Cape Tanjung Piai.This is the tip of the Malay Peninsula Malaysia.
Russia and Eurasia
Some ancient cartographers considered Russia an independent part of the world, so far as it is wide?Our country occupies almost a third of the Eurasian continent, it is the first in the world by area and the ninth most populous.Russia has borders with eighteen countries, ranking on this indicator the first place in the world.Our country in the world has a length limit that exceeds the length of the equator, and the marine line twice ground.Three ocean is the Russian Federation: the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic.Those who have traveled or lived near the Ural mountains, must have seen the corresponding poles (they like to be photographed by tourists), delineating the border of Europe and Asia, parts of the world, which for thousands of years come the largest and most significant events in human history, at times having a fundamental impact on thethe entire globe.The southern border of Asia and Europe held at the Kuma-Manych Depression.If we consider the relation of the European and Asian parts of the world within Russia, it was only 1/5 of it is located in Europe, the rest of the territory is in Asia."Yes, we are Asians," - said the poet.If we look at the words in a purely geographical context, he was certainly right.
RF: a brief description of the country
in the Russian Federation includes eighty-five territorial and national-territorial entities.State system - federal.The country is a semi-presidential system.The capital of Russia is Moscow, headed by the president of the country, the state language - Russian.As part of the state are different subjects of law endowed with different powers depending on the status of education.The main units are the areas of the republic, territory, autonomous regions and areas of the city, including the federal and submission.
Geography
Russian Regional Center is located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, near the south-eastern shore of Lake Vivi.Center of Asia is located in Tuva, near the capital - Kyzyl.The country area is 1/8 of the world's territory.It is more than one and a half times the size of Europe and nearly twice - the United States.A quarter of the equator - is the length of the largest countries from west to east (about 10 000 km), the length of the north-south - more than 4 000 km.
ends of Russia.Location to the cardinal
extreme eastern point of Russia coincides with that in Eurasia since the country's territory occupies the northeastern part of the continent.It is, as already mentioned above, Cape Dezhnev.More to the east is nematerikovaya point.This rocky island Ratmanova.It is located in the Bering Strait.The permanent population of the island is missing.Frontier guarding the easternmost frontier of the country.The island has one of the largest bird in the region "markets" and the largest walrus rookery.The extreme northern continental point of Russia coincides with that in Asia.As you know, this is Cape Chelyuskin.Further north is on about.Rudolf Cape wing.This is another extreme northern point of Russia.It is part of Franz Josef Land.It is the northernmost point on the nematerikovoy part of the country.This area is covered almost the entire glacier.In the West, the extreme point of the state is in the enclave, which does not have with the Russian Federation of common land border in the Kaliningrad region.It is located on the Baltic Sea, on the narrowest part of the land.Vistula Spit is separated from the main area of the Vistula Lagoon.This piece of land covered with sand beaches and dunes.The extreme southern point of Russia is located in the Greater Caucasus, on the border of Dagestan and Azerbaijan, near Mount Bazarduzu (south-west of it).Mountain peaks of these places, rich fauna create a unique landscape that attracts tourists from around the world.There are other extreme point of Russia.For example, the highest mountain peak located in the Caucasus.This famous Mount Elbrus.The top is in Karachay-Cherkessia.The lowest altitude in Russia is considered to be the area of the Caspian Basin.
Russia.Short description
Our country occupies a large area so that it fits in the three climatic zones.In particular, the temperate, arctic and subarctic.On the territory of ten celebrated natural areas - from the north to the Arctic and semi-desert and desert in the south.They make Russian the nature of one of a kind.There is tundra, forest tundra, forest-steppe, taiga.Distributed and mixed forests, and broad steppes.It is a country of natural contrasts.Mountains and plains, arid and marshy area is a unique landscape.The country is rich in minerals and natural resources.The deepest lake in the world (Baikal), the largest river in Europe (the Volga), the highest peak in the same part of the world (Elbrus) - all this is the Russian Federation.The vast territory of the country, one-fifth of its component lies above the Arctic Circle.And some end points coincide with continental Russia.In terms of relief of the country can be divided into several parts: Fennoscandia (Karelia, Kola Peninsula), the East European and West Siberian plains, the Central Siberian Plateau, the Ural Mountains, the southern and eastern mountain ranges.
