Great Russian Regions
The Great Russian Regions (
Urals.[1]
Geography
- Central Siberian Plateau, a large elevated zone between the Yenisei and Lena rivers composed of various plateaus (Putorana Plateau, Anabar Plateau, Vilyuy Plateau, and Lena Plateau among others) deeply dissected by river valleys. Area 3,500,000 km2 (1,400,000 sq mi).[2]
- Lena River separating the Central Siberian Plateau to the west and the East Siberian Mountains to the east. Area 300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi).[3]
- Pechora. Area approximately 4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi).[2]
- East Siberian Lowland, a vast alluvial plain, swampy and dotted with thousands of lakes. The region includes the Yana-Indigirka, Kolyma and Aby lowlands, as well as the New Siberian Islands. Area about 1,100,000 km2 (420,000 sq mi).[4]
- East Siberian Mountains, a large mountainous area located in northeastern Siberia. It includes two large mountain systems, the Verkhoyansk Range and the Chersky Range, as well as other minor ones. To the east it reaches Cape Dezhnyov in the Bering Strait. Area approximately 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi).[5]
- North Siberian Lowland, a plain with a relatively flat relief separating the Byrranga Mountains of the Taymyr Peninsula in the north from the Central Siberian Plateau in the south. Area approximately 400,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi).[6]
- South Siberian Mountains, stretching roughly from east to west in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts of Russia, as well as partly in Mongolia. Area approximately 1,500,000 km2 (580,000 sq mi).[7]
- West Siberian Plain, large alluvial plain between the Urals to the west and the Yenisei River to the east, beyond which rises the Central Siberian Plateau. The lowland is bound by the coast of the Kara Sea to the north and by the foothills of the Altai Mountains to the southeast. The southern end extends into Kazakhstan. Area 2,600,000 km2 (1,000,000 sq mi).[8]
Landscapes
Putorana Mountains . |
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Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets District . |
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See also
References
- ISBN 5-06-001731-1(A.G. Isachenko, Landscape Science and Physiogeographical Zoning.)
- ^ ISBN 5-94802-003-7.
- ^ Central Yakutian Lowland - Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 28, p. 513
- ^ Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16
- ^ Gvozdetsky N. A. & Mikhailov N. I. Physical geography of the USSR. M., Thought, 1978
- ^ John Kimble (ed.), Cryosols: Permafrost-Affected Soils
- ^ Mountains of South Siberia in the book: Gvozdetsky N. A., Mikhailov N. I. Physical geography of the USSR. M., Thought, 1978.
- ^ Западная Сибирь: краткий физико-географический обзор