1. What territory does Russia occupy? 2. What is the population of Russia?
3. How many subjects is Russia divided into?
4. Where is Russia located?
5. What countries does Russia border on?
6. What seas and oceans is Russia washed by?
7. Which rivers are the longest in Russia?
8. What are the two main plains in Russia?
9. What vegetation is found in the Taiga?
10. What resources is Russia rich in?
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1)Russia covers an area of 17,100,000 km²
2)The population of Russia is 144.5 million
3)The Russian Federation is divided into 85 subjects: 22 republics, 9 territories, 46 regions, 3 cities of federal significance, 1 autonomous region, 4 autonomous okrugs.
4)Russia is located on the continent of Eurasia. It occupies both the eastern and western parts of the continent. Mostly the territory of our country is located in the north and north-east of the mainland. About 30% of the territory of the Russian Federation is located in Europe, and about 70% - in Asia.
5)Russia maintains open borders with three contiguous neighbors: Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Finland. Various restrictions are in place at Russia's borders with its other 11 neighbors: Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, North Korea, Ukraine, and Estonia.
6)Russia is washed by the waters of three oceans: the Arctic in the north, the Atlantic in the west and the Pacific in the east, and has the most extensive borders - 62,3 thousand km, from which 24,6 thousand km are land borders and 37,7 thousand km are sea borders.
7)The longest rivers of Russia: Yenisei, Lena, Amur, Ob, Irtysh
8)Most of Russia consists of two plains (the East European Plain and the West Siberian Plain)
9)Coniferous trees are the dominant plants of the taiga biome. A very few species in four main genera are found: the evergreen spruce, fir and pine, and the deciduous larch.
10)Russia possesses rich reserves of iron ore, manganese, chromium, nickel, platinum, titanium, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, diamonds, phosphates, and gold, and the forests of Siberia contain an estimated one-fifth of the world's timber, mainly conifers