俄罗斯英文介绍 Russia

Russia: Land Frontiers
• Russia shares boundaries with twelve countries:
– Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Mongolia, North Korea, China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
• Russia is the northernmost large and populous country in the world.
• More than 75% of Russia lies polewards of the 49th parallel (north of the U.S.-Canadian boundary). • Moscow is farther north than Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. • Moscow to Vladivostok is 9,332 km (5000 mi.) and it would take seven days and nights on the TransSiberian Railway to make the trip.
Russia
Geography 200 Dr. Stavros Constantinou
Russia: Location and Size
• Russia is the world’s largest country – 17,075,000 sq. km (6,592,819 sq. mi.). • It is almost twice as large as Canada, the second largest country. • Russia has a tremendous east-west extent – from the westernmost point near Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg, 20º31’E) in the Baltic Sea; to the easternmost point at Cape Dezhnev (170ºW) on the Bering Straits. • These points are separated by approximately 170ºof longitude, nearly halfway around the world, and crossing 11 time zones.
• A boundary that measures 12,880 km (8000 mi.) stretches between the Black Sea and the Pacific ocean. • In the Far East, Sakhalin Island is separated from the northernmost main island of Japan by a 40 km. (25 mi.) strait; even narrower straits separate Japan from the Russian held Kuril Islands
Russia: 11 Time Zones!
• At the same moment it is:
– – – – 6:00 AM in Kaliningrad 9 Vladivostok A little after 5:00 PM at Cape Dezhnev
Russia: Location and Size
• The maximum latitudinal extent of Russia, exclusive of islands in the Arctic Ocean, is about 35º . • The northernmost point is Cape Chelyuskin (77º 44’N); the southernmost is Derbent, on the Caspian sea (42º N), about the same latitude as Cleveland.
Russia: Physical Geography
• • • • • • • • • The Russian Plain The Ural Mountains West Siberian Plain Central Siberian Plain The Yakutsk Basin Eastern Highlands Central Asiatic Ranges The Caucasus Mountains The Caspian Sea – 370,842 sq. km (143,244 sq. mi) • The Aral Sea – 64,472 sq. km. (24,904 sq. mi.)
– Lake Erie – 25,655 sq. km. (9,910 sq. mi.)
Russia: Climate
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Tundra (ET) Subarctic (Dwc and Dwd) Humid Continental (Dfa and Dfb) Steppe (BSk) Desert (BWk) Mediterranean or dry summer subtropical (Csa)
• The time difference between Kaliningrad and Cape Dezhnev is more than twice the difference between New York and London (five hours) and nearly four times the difference between New York and San Francisco (three hours).