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General map of Russia without occupied Ukrainian territories, showing Southern Russia in color (the Southern Federal District in blue and the North Caucasian Federal District in red). Southern Russia or the South of Russia (Russian: Юг России, IPA: [juk rɐˈsʲiɪ]) is a colloquial term for the southernmost geographic portion of ...
Map of Russia and its borders with other nations Typical border marker of Russia. Russia, the largest country in the world by area, has international land borders with fourteen sovereign states [1] as well as two narrow maritime boundaries with the United States and Japan. There are also two breakaway states bordering Russia, namely Abkhazia ...
The Caucasus (/ ˈ k ɔː k ə s ə s /) or Caucasia [3] [4] (/ k ɔː ˈ k eɪ ʒ ə /), is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia.It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia.
Map showing location of Russia's Southern Federal District, in southwestern Russia. ( Crimea , whose annexation by Russia from Ukraine is mostly unrecognized internationally, is shown in orange.) Coordinates: 47°14′N 39°43′E / 47.233°N 39.717°E / 47.233;
Alto Velo Island, Jaragua National Park south of Oviedo, Pedernales in Jaragua National Park (mainland) 17°28′N 17°36′N Jamaica: Portland Point: 17°42′N Haiti: South of Torbeck, Les Cayes Arrondissement: 18°01′N Algeria: Border with Mali, Tin Zaouatine Commune: 18°58′N Libya: Chad/Libya/Sudan tripoint: 19°30′N Cuba
The Volga, widely seen as Russia's national river due to its historical and cultural importance, is the longest river in Europe, [23] it rises in the Valdai Hills west of Moscow and meandering southeastward for 3,510 kilometres (2,180 mi) before emptying into the Caspian Sea. Altogether, the Volga system drains about 1.4 million square ...
Russia is second only to Brazil by total renewable water resources. [244] The Volga in western Russia, widely regarded as Russia's national river, is the longest river in Europe; and forms the Volga Delta, the largest river delta in the continent. [245] The Siberian rivers of Ob, Yenisey, Lena, and Amur are among the world's longest rivers. [246]
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)