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Bauntovsky District
Bauntovsky District (russian: Ба́унтовский райо́н; bua, Бабанта (Баунтын) аймаг, ''Babanta (Bauntyn) aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is .Official website of the Buryat RepublicInformation about Bauntovsky District Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Bagdarin. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 9,667, with the population of Bagdarin accounting for 49.0% of that number. Etymology The district is named after Lake Baunt. Geography Most of the district's territory is located on the Vitim Plateau. To the west rises the Ikat Range and to the northeast, the Babanty Mountains, stretching from southwest to northeast from the Big Khapton and Little Khapton ridges to the Vitim River. The Southern Muya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Baunt
Baunt (russian: Баунт; bxr, Баунт нуур, ''Baunt nuur'') is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some hot springs, is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt Bolshoy Khapton, near the confluence of the Upper Tsipa, and the village of Baunt is on the northeastern shore. At a headland named Cape Tryokhstanka there are ancient petroglyphs. The lake is a protected area since 1988. Its environment provides a habitat for a number of fish and bird species, as well as the crustacean ''Asellus aquaticus''. Geography The lake has a roughly triangular shape. It stretches in a southwest-northeast direction parallel to the main ridge of the Southern Muya Range to the north and the Baunt Basin, with the Maly Khapton and Babanty Range, two ranges of the Vitim Plateau, to the south. The Ikat Range rises to the west and the Kapylyushi lakes lie to the southwest. The Upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of Russia
Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions. Federal subjects Since 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation has consisted of eighty-nine federal subjects that are constituent members of the Federation.Constitution, Article 65 However, six of these federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, Kherson Oblast, the Luhansk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Sevastopol and the Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporozhye Oblast—are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. All federal subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the Federation Council of Russia, Federation Council (upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, Federal Assembly). They do, however, differ in the degree of autonomous area, autonomy they enjoy. De jure, there are 6&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsipikan (river)
The Tsipikan (russian: Ципикан) is a river in Buryatia, Russia. It is the second largest tributary of the Tsipa, after the Amalat, of the Vitim basin. The river is long, and has a drainage basin of . There is gold mining in the banks of the river. Course The Tsipikan is a tributary of the Tsipa. It has its sources in the eastern slopes of the Ikat Range. First it flows northeastwards as it progresses across the mountains of the northwestern corner of the Vitim Plateau. Its course slows down and becomes marshy in the Kapylyushi lake area, south of the slopes of the Bolshoy Khapton. After a sharp turn to the southeast, and then northeast, it ends up flowing northwards meandering strongly and finally entering the eastern shore of lake Baunt. Tsipikan village is located on the right bank of the river. There are many swampy stretches in the Tsipikan basin, as well as 863 lakes with a total area of . The main tributaries of the Tsipikan are the long Taloy from the right, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapylyushi
Kapylyushi (russian: Капылюши) or Kapylyushy is a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in an Evenki word. The lake is located in the northwestern corner of the Vitim Plateau, near the left bank of river Tsipikan, of the Vitim river basin. Together with lake Baunt it belongs to the "Tsipo-Tsipikansky" (Ципо-Ципиканских) lake group —after rivers Tsipa and Tsipikan, which is also known as Bauntovsky (Баунтовских) —after lake Baunt. The study of the whole lake area began only in the 1930s in the course of an expedition of the Krasnoyarsk branch of the Research Institute of Freshwater Fisheries of the USSR. The results of the research were published in 1936 in the Handbook of Water Resources of the USSR. Geography The Kapylyushi lake system has two parts: Big Kapylyushi (Bolshoy Kapylyushi or Oron) is the larger lake in the west, and Kapyluchikan (russian: Капылучикан), also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busani
Busani (russian: Бусани) is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in the Evenki language, meaning "where people drown". There are spectacular rock formations on the southeastern shore of lake Busani. It was declared a protected area of Russia on 25 July 1988. Geography Busani is one of the major lakes of the Baunt Depression, below the southern foothills of the Southern Muya Range.Busani / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. . - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baunt
Baunt (russian: Баунт; bxr, Баунт нуур, ''Baunt nuur'') is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some hot springs, is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt Bolshoy Khapton, near the confluence of the Upper Tsipa, and the village of Baunt is on the northeastern shore. At a headland named Cape Tryokhstanka there are ancient petroglyphs. The lake is a protected area since 1988. Its environment provides a habitat for a number of fish and bird species, as well as the crustacean ''Asellus aquaticus''. Geography The lake has a roughly triangular shape. It stretches in a southwest-northeast direction parallel to the main ridge of the Southern Muya Range to the north and the Baunt Basin, with the Maly Khapton and Babanty Range, two ranges of the Vitim Plateau, to the south. The Ikat Range rises to the west and the Kapylyushi lakes lie to the southwest. The Upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsipikan Mountains
Tsipikan (russian: Ципикан) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Bauntovsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 69 as of 2010. There are 5 streets. Geography Tsipikan is located north of Bagdarin (the district's administrative centre) on the right bank of the Tsipikan river, south of the eastern end of the Bolshoy Khapton.Google Earth Kurort Baunt Kurort Baunt (russian: Курорт Баунт) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Bauntovsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 39 as of 2010. There are 7 streets. Geography Kurort Baunt is located 113 km north of Ba ... is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Bauntovsky District {{Buryatia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsipa
The Tsipa (russian: Ципа) is the largest tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Maksim Perfilyev was the first Russian to reach the Tsipa in 1640. Perch, pike, lenok, grayling, taimen and whitefish are also found in the waters of the Tsipa. Course The Tsipa is a western, left tributary of the Vitim. It has its sources in a tarn of the Southern Muya Range, in the area where this range merges with the Ikat Range. It is known as "Upper Tsipa" (Верхняя Ципа) in its upper course until its mouth in lake Baunt in the Baunt Depression in the northeastern part of the Vitim Plateau, near the Bolshoy Khapton Range. The river flows out of the lake in a NNE direction and slows down meandering across a swampy basin where there are many lakes, the largest of which is Busani. Then it turns south and crosses the Babanty Range through a narrow valley where it flows fast, forming rapids. After leaving the mountains it turns again nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baunt Depression
Baunt (russian: Баунт; bxr, Баунт нуур, ''Baunt nuur'') is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some hot springs, is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt Bolshoy Khapton, near the confluence of the Upper Tsipa, and the village of Baunt is on the northeastern shore. At a headland named Cape Tryokhstanka there are ancient petroglyphs. The lake is a protected area since 1988. Its environment provides a habitat for a number of fish and bird species, as well as the crustacean ''Asellus aquaticus''. Geography The lake has a roughly triangular shape. It stretches in a southwest-northeast direction parallel to the main ridge of the Southern Muya Range to the north and the Baunt Basin, with the Maly Khapton and Babanty Range, two ranges of the Vitim Plateau, to the south. The Ikat Range rises to the west and the Kapylyushi lakes lie to the southwest. The Upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorong
Dorong (russian: Доронг) is a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The name originated in an Evenki word. Dorong is a natural monument of Russia because of its landscapes. The valley of the lake acts as a corridor and is usually very windy. Geography The lake is located at the southwestern corner of the Southern Muya Range, near where it merges with the Ikat Range. It is a deep and elongated lake, bound by steep mountains on both sides. The Dorong stretches roughly from north to south for and has a width of about which remains fairly constant along the length of the lake. The Tocha river, belonging to the Tsipa basin, enters the lake from the north and flows out of it from the south.Google Earth Fauna Whitefish species are common in the waters of the lake. See also *List of lakes of Russia References External links *{{commonscat-inline, Lake DorongБурятия. Озеро Доронг. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Muya Range
The Southern Muya Range (russian: Южно-Муйский хребе́т, translit=Yuzhno-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. "Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) t ..., Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high Muisky Gigant; another important peak is 2363 m high Mount Shaman. Google Earth Geography This mountain range is located in the Baikal Rift Zone, in the southwestern part of the Baikal-Stanovoy Region. It stretches from west to east for almost 400 km from the Barguzin (river), Barguzin river basin to the upper course of the Chara (river), Chara River. In its eastern part it reaches a maximum width of 80 km. The Ikat Range connects with it from the southwest. The Southern Muya Range is limite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
