Siberia

(sī-be're-ah,) a country of Asia, comprehending the principal Asiatic part of the Ru ian empire. It extends 3,500 m. from E. to W., and 1,200 from N. to S., embracing a fourth part of the Asiatic continent, bet. Lat. 45° and 78° N., and Lon. 60° E. and 170° W., having N. the Arctic Ocean, E. the Sea of Kamtschatka and the N. Pacific Ocean, S. the Sea of Okhotsk, China, and Independent Tartary, and W. European Ru ia. See RUSSIA. [s. 824]