Autumn is also wet, particularly in Primorskiy Krai. Winter is cold and dry, as strong air masses flow east from Siberia. Spring is long and cool. A Siberian or continental climate defines the interior Magadan Oblast, western Amur Oblast, and all of Yakutia. Summer is short but warm.
Winter is long, dry, and very cold.
The mountains along the Pacific coastline keep the warmer maritime climate from reaching the interior. The great volcanoes of Kamchatka are higher, with Klyuchevskiy Volcano rising 4,750 meters. As these plains are most suitable for growing crops, most people have settled here. The Arctic Ocean extends along the northern coast, to the Bering Strait, which divides the RFE from Alaska. The Pacific Ocean borders the eastern coast down to the Kuril Islands.