. Encyclopædia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. -fijcth part of the whole globe, its fur-face mull prefent a great variety of appearances; butthefe are much more remarkable in 7\.fiatic than in Eu-ropean Ruffia. The latter is dilfinguiffied chieily byextenfive plains, called Jltppes, that rival the deferts ofAfia and Africa, prefenting to the eye Utile more thaua vaft expanfe of level fand, with very little appearanceof vegetation. The chief fituation of thefe fteppes is to- •wards the fcuth, efpecially in the neighbourhood of thefea of Azof, where
. Encyclopædia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. -fijcth part of the whole globe, its fur-face mull prefent a great variety of appearances; butthefe are much more remarkable in 7\.fiatic than in Eu-ropean Ruffia. The latter is dilfinguiffied chieily byextenfive plains, called Jltppes, that rival the deferts ofAfia and Africa, prefenting to the eye Utile more thaua vaft expanfe of level fand, with very little appearanceof vegetation. The chief fituation of thefe fteppes is to- •wards the fcuth, efpecially in the neighbourhood of thefea of Azof, where they extend in lengtlr above 4C«oBritifli milei. In this part of the empire there are biiLfew confiderable elevations, and no moim tains of h:;.portance, except on the eaftern frontier, and towards thefouth, between the Don and the Volga. The whol*countrv is. well watered with rivers, and contains numtr- (a) In our orthography of the names of perfons and places we have followed Mr Tocke,*ho ha< explained thprinciplts of Ruffian orthography, !d his Uiftory of Ruffia, vol, i. p. R^ U S^ [ 3#- ] R V S^ Ruffia,.,. ^ou3 igfge Inihftaptilous tsiTns^ :Ii\i\k jiawh^and- eaft oft V -Alialic Ruflia, we fee little more than eKtenfive maifhypl^ns, cO\cre(i with almotl perpetual lno;v, and croiredbytbroad rivers, whict^ take their courfe to the Arclicoceaia. In-this part, and. even towards the centre otSitieria, vegetation is fo much checked by the iev^recold, that few trees are to be feen ; but towards thefouth there are vail forelts of pine, fir, larch, and trees ofa fimiiar nature. In fome parts of this divifion of theempire, efpecially about lake Baikal, the fcenery isbeautiful and piifhirefque. Here, too, the countryabounds in feppes, ^vliich arc ftill more estenfive thanthofe of the European part. As thefe Iteppes are among the moft ftriking pecu-liarities of the RuiBan empire, it mny be proper to con-fider them rather minutely. Thefe lleppes refemble, inmany refpeds, the
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