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| | Travel to Kursk - Travel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Kursk Oblast borders Bryansk Oblast on the northwest, Orlovsk Oblast on the north, Lipetsk Oblast on the northeast, Voronez Oblast on the east, Belgorod Oblast on the south, and Sumy Oblast (Ukraine) on the west. |
 | | The oblast occupies the southern slopes of the middle-Russian plateau, and its average elevation is from 177 to 225 meters (580-738 ft.). |
 | | The average annual precipitation for the oblast is 584 millimeters (23 inches), but it ranges from 634 millimeters (25 inches) in the northwest, to about 500 millimeters (20 inches) or less in the southeastern corner. |
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