Total Area: 17,098,242 kmLand Area: 14,875,471
Water Area: 2,222,771
Size compared to United States: Russia is 1.7x bigger
Bordering Countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan,Mongolia, China, North Korea
Climate: Russia is extremely huge, so the climate greatly varies. In the North and Siberia the climate is typically sub-arctic. In the central regions it is humid. Throughout Russia the general theme is a very rapid transition from the warm winter to the cold summer, there is not really a fall or spring.
Terrain: Vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia, Broad plain west of Urals, Uplands and mountains along the southern border area.
Lowest Point: Caspian Sea
Highest Point: Mount Elbrus
Water Area: 2,222,771
Size compared to United States: Russia is 1.7x bigger
Bordering Countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan,Mongolia, China, North Korea
Climate: Russia is extremely huge, so the climate greatly varies. In the North and Siberia the climate is typically sub-arctic. In the central regions it is humid. Throughout Russia the general theme is a very rapid transition from the warm winter to the cold summer, there is not really a fall or spring.
Terrain: Vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia, Broad plain west of Urals, Uplands and mountains along the southern border area.
Lowest Point: Caspian Sea
Highest Point: Mount Elbrus