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Choose a Page:Which is the largest country in th...What was the Soviet Union?Where is the Wailing Wall?When was Israel founded?What made the Gulf States rich?What is the taiga?Which famous railroad crosses Russia?Which is the world's deepest lake?Where is the 'Land of the Nomads'?Which country forms a bridge betwe...What is the Kremlin?*Which rivers flow right across Russia?*Where is the Empty Quarter?Why is the Aral Sea shrinking? Which rivers flow right across Russia? Three river systems flow from Russia's southern border, across Siberia, to the Arctic Ocean in the north. The longest is the Yenisei, which flows for 3,442 miles (5,540 km) from near the Mongolian border. The Ob-Irtysh runs from the China-Mongolia border. The Lena starts near Lake Baikal.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Human World Chapter: Russia and the Middle East