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Geography of Northeast Asia

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Arctic Ocean
smallest, shallowest, coldest, and northernmost of the world's major oceans
Arctic
The Arctic (; ) is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying north of the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling east, consists of parts of northern Norway (Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, Svalbard and Jan Mayen), northernmost Sweden (Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Lappland), northern Finland (North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lappi), Russia (Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), and northern Iceland (Grímsey and Kolbeinsey), along w
Sakha
federal subject of Russia, republic of Russia
Sea of Japan
marginal sea between Japan, Russia, and Korea
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk ( ) is the largest city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located from the China–Russia border, at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers, about north of Vladivostok. As of the 2021 Russian census, it had a population of 617,441. It was known as Khabarovka until 1893.
Sakhalin
Sakhalin (, ) is an island in Northeast Asia. Its north coast lies off the southeastern coast of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, while its southern tip lies north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. An island of the West Pacific, Sakhalin divides the Sea of Okhotsk to its east from the Sea of Japan to its southwest. It is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast and is the largest island of Russia, with an area of . The island has a population of roughly 500,000, the majority of whom are Russians. The indigenous peoples of the island are the Ainu, Oroks, and Nivkhs, who are now only present in very
Amur River
The Amur River () or Heilong River () is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China (historically the Outer and Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long, and has a drainage basin of . If including its main stem tributary, the Argun, the Amur is long, making it the world's tenth longest river.
Bering Strait
strait between Asia and North America
Sea of Okhotsk
marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean
Kuril Islands
island chain located in Northeast Asia administered by Russia
Yellow Sea
Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean
Kamchatka Peninsula
peninsula in Eastern Russia between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk
Far Eastern Federal District
non-administrative subdivision grouping several federal subjects of Russia
Baekdu Mountain
volcano on the border between North Korea and China
Northeast China
geographic region of China including Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning
Transbaikal
300px|thumb|Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita is the main city of Transbaikalia thumb|Eastern Siberia is highlighted thumb|The Russian-Chinese borderland in the mid-19th century with Daooria Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia (), or Dauria (, Dauriya) is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal at the south side of the eastern Siberia and the south-western corner of the Far Eastern Russia.
Subarctic
thumb|right|350px|alt=See caption|Global map of the subarctic region
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
world nature heritage site in South Korea
Russian Manchuria
region in Russia
Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island
sedimentary island at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur rivers
Yixian Formation
geological formation in China
Jehol Biota
stratigraphic unit in China
Siberian River Routes
Inner Manchuria