Geography of Caselonia

Location

Eastern Fuerza, northernmost and largest continent in The Sunbelt

Area

Total: 17,075,200 sq km Land: 16,995,800 sq km Water: 79,400 sq km

Area Comparative

Approx. 1.8 times the size of the United States

Land Boundaries

Total: 20,017 km Border Nations: Karakazia 284km, Melbournistan 959km, Ferretatia 898km, Palmbekistan 3,485km, Ferrussia 1,576km, Daemoniata 685km, Cherisovia 1,369km

Coastline

37,653km

Maritime Claims

Territorial sea: 12 nm Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Climate

Ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of southwestern Caselonia; subarctic in Siberian Caselonia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast

Terrain

Broad plains with low hills west of Ural mountain range; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberian east; uplands and mountains along southern border regions

Elevation Extremes

lowest point: Black Sea -28 m highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m

Natural Resources

Wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber Note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources

Land Use

arable land: 7.33% permanent crops: 0.11% other: 92.56% (2003)

Irrigated Land

46,630 sq km (1996 est.)

Natural Hazards

Permafrost over much of Siberian east is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout east and parts of central Caselonia