The Map of the Russian Federation
Our motherland is immense, no other country equals it in size. It covers one-seventh of the world`s land area and occupies over 17 million square kilometres.
In the west the Russian Federation borders on Norway, Finland, the Baltic States, Belorussia, the Ukraine. In the east t is washed by the Pacific ocean. In the south on Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan, in the south-east on China, Mongolia and Korea.
The Urals divide the country into two parts: the larger part of the country of the country is in Asia and the smaller - in Europe. The Asian part includes Siberia. It is a land of fine forests and mighty rivers.
In the far north of Siberia are the tundra lands, to the south stretches the taiga, in the south are steppes.
The deserts and semideserts cover most of the area around northern shores of the Caspian Sea.
Many of the rivers of the Russian Federation are among the world`s greatest. The most important rivers of the western planes are the Volga, the Dnieper, the Don. In Siberia the biggest rivers are Ob, the Yenesei and the Lena. They flow northward through the vast area parallel to one another. In the Far East the Amur flows into the Pacific.
In lakes, too, this country is very rich. Among them are the world`a greatest lake the Caspian Sea and the deepest - lake Baikal.