Planet Earth is truly unique.Here are located different continents, on which, respectively, there are different countries with their own geographical features. The largest continent is Eurasia. Here, besides other countries, Russia is located. The article will consider the geography of Eurasia and the Russian Federation in more detail. Find out where the extreme continental points of Russia.
Mainland Eurasia occupies 36% of the total surfaceEarth’s land area (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 mainland is divided into two parts, Europe and Asia. Between themselves geographically, they are unequal. The latter is more than 80% of the area of the entire continent.
The northernmost section of this part is the cape.Nordkin (Kinnarudden). Located in Norway, it is a rock prominent in the Barents Sea. The opposite point, the most southerly point, is Marrok cape. This place is located in the Spanish province of Cadiz, in the Strait of Gibraltar. Here is the lighthouse. The distance to the coast of Africa is only 14 km. Cape Roca (Portugal) - west point. It also has a lighthouse that gives light to ships plying the Atlantic Ocean. The most northern section is located on the territory of our country, in the Polar Urals.
The extreme points of the continents may coincide withthose of some countries. So, for example, happened with the Russian Federation. Some extreme continental points of Russia coincide with these areas of the indicated part of the continent. There are two of them. The extreme northern continental point of Russia is located on Cape Chelyuskin. It is located at the tip of the Taimyr Peninsula. Extreme eastern point of Russia - Cape Dezhnev. It is located in Chukotka. These extreme points of Russia are the names of the great explorers of the Arctic. In Asia, there is a Baba cape. This is the western extreme point of this zone of the mainland. It is located in the northwestern part of the Turkish Peninsular Asia Minor Asia. The southern section is Cape Piai. This is the tip of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.
Some ancient cartographers believed Russiaindependent part of the world, so how wide is it? Our country occupies almost a third of the Eurasian continent, it is the first in the world by territory and the ninth in terms of population. Russia has borders with eighteen countries, taking on this indicator the first place in the world. Our country has the longest border in the world that exceeds the length of the equator, while the sea lines are twice as large as the land lines. Three oceans are washing the Russian Federation: the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic.
The Russian Federation includes eightyfive territorial and national-territorial entities. Government - federated. The country is a mixed republic. The capital of Russia is the city of Moscow, the country is headed by the president, the state language is Russian. As part of the state are various subjects of law, endowed with different powers depending on the status of education. The main units are regions, republics, territories, autonomous districts and regions, cities, including federal values and subordination.
The territorial center of Russia is located inKrasnoyarsk Territory, near the southeastern part of the shore of Lake Vivi. The center of Asia is located in Tuva, near the capital Kyzyl. The area of the country is 1/8 of the world’s territory. It is more than one and a half times the size of Europe and almost twice the size of the United States. A quarter of the equator is the length of the largest country in the world from west to east (about 10,000 km), the length along the north-south line is more than 4,000 km.
Russia's extreme eastern point coincides withcorresponding to Eurasia, since the territory of the country occupies the north-eastern part of the continent. This, as already mentioned above, Cape Dezhnev. Further east is the non-material point. This is a rocky island Ratmanova. It is located in the Bering Strait. There is no permanent population on the island. The frontier guard protects the country's easternmost border. On the island there is one of the region’s largest bird “bazaars” and a large walrus rookery. The extreme northern continental point of Russia coincides with the corresponding in Asia. As you know, this is Cape Chelyuskin. Further north is located on about. Rudolph Cape Fligeli. This is another extreme northern point of Russia. It is part of Franz Josef Land. This is the northernmost point on the non-mainland part of the country. This area is covered with almost all glacier.
Our country is so bigthe territory that it fits three climatic zones. In particular, it is moderate, arctic and subarctic. There are ten natural zones on the territory - from the northern arctic to semi-deserts and deserts in the south. They make the nature of Russia one of a kind. There are tundra, forest tundra, forest-steppe, taiga. Mixed forests and broad-leaved steppes are common. This is a country of natural contrasts.
