Самые большие страны по площади на планете – это Russian Federation, Canada, China, USA and Brazil. Judging by such a criterion as population, then this rating takes on a completely different look. In this indicator, the leaders are China, India, USA, Indonesia and Brazil.
As noted above, the status of the country itselfRussia carries a large area. According to the latest census, about 143 million people live in the state. Of these, 81% are Russians, 3.87% are Tatars, 1.41% are Ukrainians, 1.15% are Bashkirs. In general, in the Russian Federation there are about two hundred different nationalities. Despite this, the largest country in the world cannot boast of a large number of cities with a population of over one million people. There are only fourteen here. The largest of them is the capital of the state - Moscow. By the number of people living in the country, Russia ranks sixth in the world.
As for the area of the state, itis over seventeen million square kilometers. This is about twelve and a half percent of all land. Due to such a large size, Russia is located immediately in four climatic zones, including the Arctic, subarctic, temperate and subtropical. That is why the temperature in the state varies in a fairly wide range. In particular, in the entire history of observations, the smallest indicator on the territory of the country was recorded in 1924 in Oymyakon. The temperature then was 71.2 degrees of frost. The record of high temperature was registered in Kalmykia in 2010 (45.4 degrees of heat).
Самая большая по площади страна преимущественно located on the lowlands and plains. At the same time, there are a lot of mountain ranges in it, the largest of which are the ranges of the Sikhote-Alin and the Greater Caucasus. Moreover, there is also a large number of volcanoes, including active ones.
Our state is one of the worldleaders in terms of providing fresh water, the reserves of which the Russian Federation occupies a leading position. The largest freshwater lake Baikal on Earth is located on its territory. Its area is almost 32 thousand square kilometers. The largest country in terms of its area has many minerals, among which oil is considered the most valuable. In one form or another, it is mined in almost all regions of Russia. It should also be noted a huge amount of natural gas. On the territory of our country there are about 25 thousand species of plants. Their particular diversity is noted in the Caucasus and the Far East.
The largest country in areaboast good and fertile grounds. The fact is that about half of all world reserves of chernozem is concentrated in the Russian Federation. Throughout its history, the state has always belonged to the leaders in agriculture. Despite this, domestic farmers are at great risk, because the duration of the agricultural season is only about four months, while in Europe and America it is up to nine.
