Where is the russia located
What Continent Is Russia In?
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why is it maps of European countries
include Russia but maps of Asian
countries also include Russia is Russia
in Europe or is Russia in Asia how can
it be in two places at once well it's
complicated
so let's start with what exactly is a
continent there are many contradicting
ways the continents are defined some say
it's a large expanse of continuous land
that's separated from other continents
by water
however Greenland's considered an island
while Australia gets to be called a
continent sort of if this definition was
the only one that we followed north from
South America would be considered one
large continent since the only thing
separating them is the man-made Panama
Canal same thing goes for the Suez Canal
that separates Africa from Asia other
ways that continents are defined are
using the tectonic plates or using
boundaries based off of cultural
differences a combination of these
definitions is how we've come to the
conclusion that there are seven
continents however geographers are now
saying that maybe it should only be six
Asia and Europe are actually on the same
tectonic plate this leads many to call
it Eurasia a supercontinent so what does
split Eurasia into Asia and Europe as
always it's complicated see way back in
700 BC Greek geographers had split the
known world into three parts Asia Europe
and Africa the border of Asia and Europe
was along the Rio near ever in
present-day Georgia by 320 BC the
division had moved to follow the Don
River west of the Urals in present-day
Ukraine it wasn't until 1725 when German
geographer Philip Johann van Stromberg
used the modern-day boundary along the
Ural Mountains that we got a more
geographically significant board
unfortunately there's still some
problems with this method of splitting
Asia and Europe
aside from being a vague border that
still confuses many people the Urals go
straight through Russia this brings us
to the original question is Russia in
Europe or is Russia and Asia so
according to experts maps professionals
in the world of politics about 77% of
Russia is located within the borders of
Asia yet of the over a hundred and forty
four million people that live in Russia
75% live on the European side in the end
Russia is truly a one-of-a-kind country
that is part of two continents at once
well sort of one of
because the thing is there's other
countries in the same boat Turkey
Russia's nearby neighbor is also on
multiple continents France has a
territory on almost every continent
around the world and Egypt's
northeastern corner actually resides in
Asia though the rest is in Africa ok
so Russia isn't the one-of-a-kind
intercontinental country that it seems
to be at first glance however it's still
very unique very few countries have so
many cultures and Heritage's within its
borders so while most of the Russian
population is in Europe and many call it
a European country Russia just like the
people that live there is a blend of
both Asia and Europe hey thanks so much
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