Kola peninsula is exremely reach with different ores and minerals. Among the others are apatites, alumina sources, iron ore, mica, ceramic raw, titanium ore, flogopit, vermiculit, ores of less-common and colored metals.
Nevertheless the northen location, the Kola Peninsula has relatively warm and soft climate, because of influence of the warm Atlantic flows. The average temperature in January is about -10C, in July - about +10C. The peninsula is covered by Taiga on the south and tundra on the north.
The Kola peninsula has a lot of impetuous rivers with rapids on them. The most importaint of them are: Ponoy River, Varzuga River, Teriberka River, Voronya River, Iokanga River. The major lakes are: Imandra Lake, Umbozero Lake, Lovozero Lake.
The major port of the region: Murmansk.