the empire of Germany.[1] The single province of Tobólsk, which in comparison with the other Siberian provinces ranks only fourth in point of size, exceeds in area all of our northern States from Maine to Iowa taken together. The province of Yeniséisk is larger than all of the United States east of the Mississippi River and the territory of Yakútsk is thirteen times as large as Great Britain, thirty-four times as large as the State of Pennsylvania, and might be divided into a hundred and eighty-eight such States as Massachusetts; and yet Yakutsk is only one of eleven Siberian colonies.
A country of such vast extent must necessarily include all varieties of topography and scenery, and all sorts of climate. Disregarding for the present local and partial exceptions, taking climate and topography together and beginning at the arctic ocean, Siberia may be roughly divided into three broad east-and-west zones, or belts of country.
- ↑ COMPARATIVE AREAS.
Siberia. Square Miles. Europe. Square Miles. Tobólsk 570,290 France 204,177 Tomsk 333,542 Germany 211,196 Steppe territories 560,324 Great Britain 120,832 Yeniséisk 992,874 Greece 25,014 Irkútsk 309,191 Italy 110,620 Yakútsk 1,517,132 Montenegro 3,630 Trans-Baikál 240,781 Netherlands 12,648 Amúr region 239,471 Portugal 32,528 Maritime territories 730,024 Roumania 48,307 Servia 18,750 Total 5,493,629 Spain 193,199 Am. and Europe. Square Miles. Sweden 170,979 Norway 123,205 U. S. and Alaska 3,501,404 Switzerland 15,892 Austria-Hungary 240,942 European Turkey 125,289 Belgium 11,373 Denmark 14,124 Total 5,184,109 Siberian provinces 5,493,619 The United States, Alaska, and Europe 5,184,109 Difference in favor of Siberia 309,520
