Geography of Russia: size, regions and transportation

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Russia

Russia is 6.6 million sq. miles

Spreads across 2 continents; Europe and Asia

In 1991, Russia emerged from the Soviet Union as an independent country

Russia is trying to make laws to save the Siberian Tigers

Russia has 11 time zones because of how wide it is

Russia has a very low climate

They can't ship goods because of all the ice in the Arctic Ocean

They use railroads for transportation and it is the leading transportation system

54,000 miles of tracks for railroads

Two mountain ranges in western Russia- the Ural Mountains and the Caucasus Mountains

The Ural Mountains form the geographical boundary between Europe and Asia

75% of the population lives in European Russia; because of the warmer climate

European Russia contains the capital of Russia, Moscow, and other important cities

Russia is the largest county in the world

Russian cities are developing their first suburbs