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fiogf49gjkf0d RUSSIA IS DIVIDED BASICALLY INTO PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS AND
CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO SEVERAL REGIONS. THE KOLA-KARELIAN
REGION IS IN THE NORTHWEST AND IS A PLATEAU WITH RIDGES
AND HILLS DOTTED WITH MANY LAKES. THE RUSSIAN PLAIN IS ONE
OF THE LARGEST LOWLAND AREAS OF THE WORLD AND EXTENDS EAST
FROM THE WESTERN BORDER TO THE URAL MOUNTAINS AND FROM THE
ARCTIC OCEAN TO THE CAUSASUS AND THE CASPIAN SEA. THE
HIGHEST POINT IS IN THE VALDAI HILLS WEST OF MOSCOW AT
400M. THE VOLGA IS THE PRINCIPAL RIVER WITH MANY LAKES AND
SWAMPS IN THE NORTH. MOST OF THE RUSSIAN PLAIN IS COVERED
WITH FOREST. THE NORTHERN PLAIN IS TUNDRA AND ON THE SOUTH
EAST EDGE, STEPPES AND SEMIDESERTS.
THE URAL MOUNTAINS SEPARATE EUROPE FROM ASIA AND EXTEND
OVER 2000 KM NORTH TO SOUTH WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1000 KM
EXTENSION IN THE THE ARCTIC ISLANDS AREA OF NOVAYA ZEMLYA;
A REGION OF TUNDRA AND STEPPE. THE NORTHERN URALS ARE MADE
UP OF RICH FORESTS WHEREAS THE SOUTHERN URALS ARE FOREST
STEPPE AND STEPPE, VAST OPEN, TREELESS EXPANSES OF GRASS.
SIBERIA, A QUARTER OF THE ASIAN CONTINENT, EXTENDS FROM
THE URALS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE EAST, AND FROM THE
ARCTIC OCEAN TO THE SOUTHERN BORDERS WITH CHINA, MONGOLIA
AND KAZAKHSTAN. WESTERN SIBERIA IS MOSTLY LOWLYING AND
GENERALLY FLAT. TOWARDS THE EAST AND NORTHEAST THE COUNTRY
BECOMES MORE MOUNTAINOUS WITH DEEP VALLEYS.
THE FAR EAST AREA EXTENDS FROM THE CHUKCHI PENINSULA IN
THE NORTH TO VLADIVOSTOK IN THE SOUTH AND INCLUDES THE
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA AND THE COMMANDER, KURIL, AND SAKHALIN
ISLANDS. THE REGION HAS MANY ACTIVE VOLCANOES AND SEVERE
EARTHQUAKES ARE COMMON. THE FAR EAST CONSISTS MAINLY OF
PLAINS AND MOUNTAIN TUNDRA.
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