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Latest revision as of 12:20, 25 February 2006
Contents
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