Russia in the southern part of Russian Plain. The
specific feature of our region is that it is the most windy one in Russia. We can admire steppe lands and fields with rich crops of golden wheat, green maize and patches of sunflowers.
The geographical position of the region is favourable because all the highways and main lines connecting Russia with Caucasus pass through it. Rostov Region is a hilly plain. The main part of it is covered with steppes. You can see forests only Vyoshenskaya and Oblivskaya districts.
Rostov Region consists of 42 rural districts. Our region borders on Voronezh, Donetsk, Lugansk and Volgograd Regions, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories and Kalmyk Repablic. The total length of its borders is 2280 kilometres.
On the territory of our region there are about one thousand small rivers. The longest river is Don. Our region is rich in lakes. There are about 100 lakes on its territory. The biggest lakes are the Limannoe, the Monastyrskoe, the Tsymlyanskoe.
The climate is temperate continental. So you can clearly define four seasons. The coldest month is January, with the average temperature of -9,-10, the hottest month is July with the average temperature of +22,+24.
Our region is rich in natural resources. Coal is one of the main riches, more than 30 million tons of it are mined annually. The centers
of coal mining industry are Kamensk, Shakhty, Novoshakhtinsk and others. Chalk, different kinds of clays and sands, sandstone, limestone, quartz, phosphorite are found in Tatsinskaya district.
Rostov Region is one of the biggest industrial centre of Russia. Today it produces combine-harvesters, others agricultural machines, transport-helicopters, locomotives, furniture, clothes, equipment for atomic, thermo-electric power stations and so on.
Today Rostov Region is one of the most productive agricultural region in Russia. Our region is the main wheat-growing area. Many kind of fruit and vegetables are grown in it. But still the main wealth of our region is chernozyom (black earth). Professor Dokuchaev said many years ago:” Black earth for Russia is more important than oil, gold, iron-ore. All these things are nothing in comparison with.”
Rostov Region
