Russia презентация

The Russian Federation is the largest country of the world. It occupies about one seventh of the earth.

The country is washed by 12 seas and 3 oceans:
the Pacific Ocean
the Arctic Ocean
the Atlantic Ocean

The population of Russia is 143,5 million people. There are about 1030 towns and cities. Moscow is a capital and the biggest city with a population about 10 millions people.

In the south Russia borders on China, Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan
In the west it boarders on Norway, Finland, Belorussia and the Ukraine

Our scenery is very various. We have steppes in the south, plains and forests in the central region, tundra and taiga in the north, highlands and deserts in the east.

Russia is situated on two plains: the Great Russian Plain and the West Siberian Lowland. There are also mountain chains on the territory of the country: the Urals, the Caucasus, the Altai and others. The larges mountain chain, the Urals, separates Europe from Asia.

Russia is a land of long rivers and deep lakes. There are over two million rivers in our country. The broad Volga River system is the greatest historic, economic and cultural importance to the country. Volga is Europe’s biggest river. The main Siberian rivers – the Ob, the Yenisei and the Lena.

Russia is rich in beautiful lakes. The world’s deepest lake (1600m) is Lake Baikal.

Over the territory of the country there are various types of climate: from arctic in the north to subtropical in the south. Winters are cold and windy with a lot of snow. Summers are rather hot and dry. In Siberia the temperature in winter to 50 degrees below zero. (The coldest registered temperature was 70 degrees)