Total Area: 6.6 million sq mi
Total Land Area: 6,323,446 sq miles
Total Water Area: 278,185 sq miles
Climate: Mediterranean Climate. Very continental climate, hot dry summers and very cold winters with heavy snowfall.
Terrain: Two plains, lowlands and plateaus
Arable Land Use: 7.3%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.1%
Irrigated Land: 43,000 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: NA
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 20%
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: NA
Natural Hazards description: permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia
Environmental Current Issues: air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and seacoasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes intense radioactive contamination; groundwater contamination from toxic waste; urban solid waste management; abandoned stocks of obsolete pesticides
Total Labor Force: 77.42 million
% of labor force in agriculture: 9.4%
Agricultural Products description: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk
Total Land Area: 6,323,446 sq miles
Total Water Area: 278,185 sq miles
Climate: Mediterranean Climate. Very continental climate, hot dry summers and very cold winters with heavy snowfall.
Terrain: Two plains, lowlands and plateaus
Arable Land Use: 7.3%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.1%
Irrigated Land: 43,000 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: NA
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 20%
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: NA
Natural Hazards description: permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia
Environmental Current Issues: air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities; industrial, municipal, and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and seacoasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes intense radioactive contamination; groundwater contamination from toxic waste; urban solid waste management; abandoned stocks of obsolete pesticides
Total Labor Force: 77.42 million
% of labor force in agriculture: 9.4%
Agricultural Products description: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables, fruits; beef, milk
Sunflower field.
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Oat Farming.
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Russian sugar beet worker family.
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Moose dairy farm.
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Truck farming in Russia.
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