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The Kuma-Manych Depression , is a geological depression in southwestern Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spannin






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The Kuma-Manych Depression , is a geological depression in southwestern Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 that separates the Russian Plain (north) from the Fore-Caucasus (south). It is named after Kuma and Manych rivers.

It is often regarded as the natural boundary between Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. (It was once officially declared as the boundary by the Russian Czar in 1730 after the geographical works by Philip Johan von Strahlenberg
Philip Johan von Strahlenberg

Philip Johan von Strahlenberg was a Sweden Officer and geographer of Germans origin who made important contributions to the cartography of Russia....
.)