<span>1) Russia has a total area of 17,075,200 kilometers. Russia makes up about one-eighth of the world's land surface. Compared to the United States, Russia is 1.75 times bigger.
</span><span>2) St. Petersburg is located on the Russian Gulf of Finland coast, near the border of Estonia and Finland.
3) </span><span>Relative location is the place where something is in comparison to something else. Relative location is not excact . As it sounds, it means it is related to something, such as the examples here: If you were to give directions to somebody and you used terms such as "it is across the street from the American Airlines Arena" or "it is to the left of the home of Dwayne Wade.", or "it is very close to a certain city."</span>
The precipitation
Explanation: The difference in temperature is just 2 or 3 degrees it the difference in precipitation is over 30 inches
The pacific on the west and Atlantic on the east.
It is warmer near the equator<span> because sunlight hits Earth's surface most directly </span>near the equator<span>. </span>Near the poles<span>, sunlight arrives at a steep angle, so it must spread out over a greater area. Earth has seasons because the Earth's axis is tilted as it revolves around the sun.</span>
Subsoil: This layer has normally less organic matter than the A horizon, so its colour is mainly derived from iron oxides. Iron oxides and clay minerals accumulate as a result of weathering. In a soil, where substances move down from the topsoil, this is the layer, where they accumulate.
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