Map Of Russia Cities And Rivers
Map of russia s rivers.
Map of russia cities and rivers. The russian landmass west of the ural mountains shown above in a lighter shade of grey is referred to as european. Moscow the capital with over 12 million metro residents is the country s major economic and political center the seat of the president the government and the state duma. Russia can be divided into a european and an asian part the dividing line is generally considered to be the ural mountains and the caspian sea the european part is drained into the arctic ocean baltic sea black sea and caspian sea the asian part is drained into the arctic ocean and the pacific ocean. New york city map.
Russia rivers map illustrating the main rivers of russia and the surrounding sea on a russia map. The drainage basin of volga is also largest as compared to other european rivers. The volga has many tributaries most importantly the rivers kama the oka the vetluga and the sura the volga and its tributaries form the volga river system which flows through an area of about 1 350 000 square kilometres 521 238 square miles in the most heavily populated part of russia. The lena s source is not far from lake baikal and it.
Political map of russia lambert azimuthal equal area projection showing major cities and rivers of the country. Large detailed map of russia with cities and towns click to see large. A number of irrigation and hydro electric power projects. The longest of those is the yenisei angara selenga.
Main tributaries of volga include kama oka vetluga and sura rivers. Click on above map to view higher resolution image. Notable rivers of russia in europe are pechora volga don kama oka and the northern dvina while several other rivers originate in russia but flow into other countries such as the dniepr. Volga rises falls and traverses throughout western russia.
The longest river in russia the lena measures 4 400 km. Volga river greatly adds to the economy of russia as it waters most of the lands of west russia making it fertile. Find information on rivers in russia as well as 451 rivers in asia 5327 rivers in the world. In comparison one of the largest rivers in europe the danube measures 2 860 km.
Petersburg novosibirsk yekaterinburg and nizhny novgorod. Since russia is the largest country of all in terms of area no wonder that it is the country that has many of the world s longest rivers flowing through its territory. The most populated cities are moscow st. Russia has over 1 000 major cities 16 of which have a metro population of more than one million.
Click on above map to view higher resolution image. The largest estuary in europe it is the only place in russia where pelicans. The volga delta has a length of about 160 kilometres 99 miles and includes as many as 500 channels and smaller rivers. This map shows cities towns villages highways main roads secondary roads railroads seaports airports mountains landforms rivers and lakes in russia.