Free Classifieds People Search Country Flags Country Maps Travel Warnings Travel Links Hotels of World Travel Directory Embassies Cities of World Travel Forum ISD-Codes Currency Convt. Books Geography Most of this enormous country lies on the Asian continent, but Western Russia is in Europe. The Ural Mountains are usually considered by geographers to form the dividing line between European Russia and Asian Russia.
Most northerly regions are covered by ice and relatively few people live here.
Animals such as arctic foxes and reindeer can survive the bitterly cold temperature. Dense forest sprawls across the country, also known as Taiga, makes up the northern part of the belt. The soil here is mainly to poor to grow crops. Further south ,the forest becomes a mixture of coniferous and deciduous trees. The climate in this region is milder and can be farmed.