MARIUPOL
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Context
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned Russia's constant bombing of Mariupol, calling it "a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come.
About
- Mariupol city n Ukraine is located in the south of the Donetsk Oblast, on the coast of Sea of Azov and at the mouth of Kalmius River in the Pryazovia region.
- It is located in an area of the Azov Lowland that is an extension of the Ukrainian Black Sea Lowland.
- To the east of Mariupol is the Khomutov Steppe, located on the border with Russia.
- The city is mainly built on land that is made of solonetzic (sodium enriched) chernozem, with a significant amount of underground subsoil water that frequently leads to landslides.
- Mariupol has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with warm summers and cold winters.
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