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  2. List of countries and dependencies by area - Wikipedia

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    Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water.

  3. Russia - Wikipedia

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    [f] [232] Russia lies between latitudes 41° and 82° N, and longitudes 19° E and 169° W, extending some 9,000 km (5,600 mi) east to west, and 2,500 to 4,000 km (1,600 to 2,500 mi) north to south. [233] Russia, by landmass, is larger than three continents, [g] and has the same surface area as Pluto. [234]

  4. Geography of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Russia also contains most of the nonferrous metals. Aluminium ores are scarce and are found primarily in the Ural region, northwestern European Russia, and south-central Siberia. Copper is more abundant and major reserves are located in the Urals, the Norilsk area near the mouth of the Yenisey in eastern Siberia, and the Kola Peninsula.

  5. List of Asian countries by area - Wikipedia

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    Russia is the largest country in Asia and the world, even after excluding its European portion. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia. ... South Korea: 0.2%:

  6. List of countries by length of coastline - Wikipedia

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    [Note 1] This "magnifying" effect is greater for convoluted coastlines than for relatively smooth ones. Data marked The World Factbook or TWF covers 198 countries and 55 territories, from the book published by the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition to coastline lengths, this is the source of the land area used to calculate the "coast/area ...

  7. List of continents and continental subregions by population

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    Geography portal; Human geography; List of countries and dependencies by area; List of countries and dependencies by population; List of countries and dependencies by population density

  8. Continent - Wikipedia

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    After reaching the coast of Brazil, they sailed along the coast of South America much farther south than Asia was known to extend, confirming that this was a land of continental proportions. [98] On return to Europe, an account of the voyage, called Mundus Novus ("New World"), was published under Vespucci's name in 1502 or 1503, [ 99 ] although ...

  9. List of South American countries by area - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of countries and dependencies in South America by area. [1] Brazil is the largest country in South America while Suriname is the smallest. Panama is not regarded as a transcontinental country but the country is sometimes included in South America due to being part of Colombia prior to its secession in 1903.