The largest countries in terms of area on the planet are the Russian Federation, Canada, China, the USA and Brazil. Judging by a criterion such as population, this rating takes on a completely different look. In this indicator, the leaders are China, India, USA, Indonesia and Brazil.
As already noted above, the status of the country with the largest area is Russia. According to the latest census, about 143 million people live in the state. Of these, 81% are Russians, 3.87% - to Tatars, 1.41% - to Ukrainians, 1.15% - to 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 more than one million people. There are only fourteen of them. 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, it is more than seventeen million square kilometers. This is approximately twelve and a half percent of all land. In connection with such large sizes, Russia is immediately located in four climatic zones, among which are Arctic, Subarctic, temperate and subtropical. That is why the temperature in the state fluctuates in a fairly wide range. In particular, over the entire history of observations, the smallest indicator in the country was recorded in 1924 in Oymyakon. The temperature then was 71.2 degrees below zero. A heat record was recorded in Kalmykia in 2010 (45.4 degrees heat).
The largest country in area is predominantly located in the lowlands and plains. At the same time, it has many mountain ranges, the largest of which are the Sikhote-Alin and the Greater Caucasus ridges. Moreover, there are also a large number of volcanoes, including active ones.
Our state is one of the world leaders in terms of providing fresh water, by the reserves of which the Russian Federation occupies a leading position. It is on its territory that the largest freshwater lake Baikal on Earth is located. Its area is almost 32 thousand square kilometers. The largest country in its area in its bowels 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 the huge volume of natural gas. On the territory of our country there are approximately 25 thousand species of plants. Their particular diversity is noted in the Caucasus and the Far East.
The largest country in area can boast of good and fertile soils. The fact is that about half of all world chernozem reserves are concentrated in the Russian Federation. Throughout its history, the state has always been one of the leaders in agriculture. Despite this, domestic farmers are at great risk, because the duration of the agricultural season with us is only about four months, while in Europe and America - up to nine.