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Chara (river)
, image = 2000 Charoite 613.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = View of the river and piece of charoite , pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= Location in the Sakha Republic, Russia , source1_location = Bolshoye Leprindo Lake , source1_coordinates = , source1_elevation = , mouth = Olyokma , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , progression = Olyokma→ , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 = Yakutia, Russia , length = , discharge1_avg = , basin_size = The Chara (russian: Ча́ра; sah, Чаара, ''Çaara'') is a left tributary of the Olyokma in Eastern Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Together with the Olyokma, river Chara gives its name to the Olyokma-Chara Plateau (Олёкмо-Чарское плоскогорье), located to the east of its east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charoite
Charoite is a rare silicate mineral, first described in 1978. It was believed to be named after the Chara River, but due to the river being 70 km away from its discovery place, now it is believed to be named after the Russian word ''chary'', meaning magic or charms. When it was discovered, it was thought to be a fake, dyed purple to give it its striking appearance. Properties Charoite is translucent lavender to purple in color with a pearly luster. Charoite is strictly massive in nature, and fractures are conchoidal. It has an unusual swirling, fibrous appearance, sometimes chatoyant, and that, along with its intense color, can lead many to believe at first that it is synthetic or enhanced artificially. Though reportedly discovered in the 1940s, it was not known to most of the world until its description in 1978. It is said to be opaque and unattractive when found in the field; a fact that may have contributed to its late recognition. Charoite consists of oxygen (43.75%), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalar Mountains
The Kalar Range (russian: Каларский хребет, translit=Kalarskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Zabaykalsky Krai and the NW end of Amur Oblast, Russian Federation. The highest point of the range is high Skalisty Golets. Google Earth The range is part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Kodar and Udokan ranges.Udokan Ore Region / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. History Located in a desolate area, the Kalar Range was first described and roughly put on the map in 1857 by[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are Volga (which is the longest river in Europe), Pechora, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dnieper and the Western Dvina. In Asia, important rivers are the Ob, the Irtysh, the Yenisei, the Angara, the Lena, the Amur, the Yana, the Indigirka, and the Kolyma. In the list below, the rivers are grouped by the seas or oceans into which they flow. Rivers that flow into other rivers are ordered by the proximity of their point of confluence to the mouth of the main river, i.e., the lower in the list, the more upstream. There is an alphabetical list of rivers at the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charoite
Charoite is a rare silicate mineral, first described in 1978. It was believed to be named after the Chara River, but due to the river being 70 km away from its discovery place, now it is believed to be named after the Russian word ''chary'', meaning magic or charms. When it was discovered, it was thought to be a fake, dyed purple to give it its striking appearance. Properties Charoite is translucent lavender to purple in color with a pearly luster. Charoite is strictly massive in nature, and fractures are conchoidal. It has an unusual swirling, fibrous appearance, sometimes chatoyant, and that, along with its intense color, can lead many to believe at first that it is synthetic or enhanced artificially. Though reportedly discovered in the 1940s, it was not known to most of the world until its description in 1978. It is said to be opaque and unattractive when found in the field; a fact that may have contributed to its late recognition. Charoite consists of oxygen (43.75%), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olekma
, image = Olyokma river.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = View of the river , pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= Location in the Sakha Republic, Russia , source1_location = Muroy Range, Olyokma-Stanovik , source1_coordinates = , source1_elevation = , mouth_location = Lena , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , progression = , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 = Yakutia, Russia , length = , discharge1_avg = , basin_size = The Olyokma (russian: Олёкма, , ; sah, Өлүөхүмэ, ) is a tributary of the Lena in eastern Siberia. The river gives its name to the Olyokma-Chara Plateau, located to the west of its western bank. History In the summer of 1631, Russian pioneer Pyotr Beketov entered the Olyokma during his first voyage down the Lena and in 1636 he founded the present-day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya entsiklopediya'' (or '' Great Russian Encyclopedia'') in an updated and revised form. The GSE claimed to be "the first Marxist–Leninist general-purpose encyclopedia". Origins The idea of the ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' emerged in 1923 on the initiative of Otto Schmidt, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In early 1924 Schmidt worked with a group which included Mikhail Pokrovsky, (rector of the Institute of Red Professors), Nikolai Meshcheryakov (Former head of the Glavit, the State Administration of Publishing Affairs), Valery Bryusov (poet), Veniamin Kagan (mathematician) and Konstantin Kuzminsky to draw up a proposal which was agreed to in April 1924. Also involved was Anatoly Lunacharsky, People's Commissar of Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nichatka
Nichatka (russian: Ничатка; evn, нича) is a fresh water body in the Kalarsky District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The lake has an area of . The name of the lake comes from the Evenki language word for "fish". Nichatka is located to the northeast of the great Lake Baikal, Baikal. There are no settlements on the banks of the lake. The nearest airfield is Chara Airport. Geography Nichatka is a long and narrow lake east of the Canyon, gorges of the Vitim River, off the eastern limit of the Delyun-Uran Range. It stretches roughly from north to south at the southern end of the Patom Highlands and to the north of the Kodar Range. The Sen (Vitim), Sen River, a tributary of the Chara (river), Chara, flows from the northern end of the lakeshore.There are other deep lakes nearby, such as Lake Oron, Oron to the southwest, but Nichatka is the deepest of the lakes of the Chara river basin. The lake is frozen between October and May; in the winter the thickness of the ice my reach . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sen (river)
The Sen ( rus, Сэн; sah, Сээн), also known as Sian ( rus, Сян), is a river in Yakutia ( Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Vilyuy, and is long, with a drainage basin of . There are no permanent inhabited places in the river area. Course The Sen belongs to the upper stretch of the Vilyuy basin. It begins in an area of small lakes of the upper Vilyuy Plateau. In its first stretch it flows across lake Burunda, flowing out of it from the western lakeshore and heading roughly southwards across the plateau. Midway through its course it bends and flows southeastwards for a stretch. In its lower course the Sen bends again southwards meandering strongly in a floodplain with oxbow lakes. Finally, shortly before its mouth it bends westwards and meets the left bank of the Vilyuy from its mouth in the Lena. The confluence is almost opposite the mouth of the Ulakhan-Vava in the facing bank. Google Earth The main tributaries of the Sen are the long Dz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokko (river)
The Tokko (russian: Токко) is a river in Yakutia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the largest tributary of the Chara river in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . It is navigable in its final stretch, from its confluence with the Chara. Tokko village is located by the river bank.Tokko / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The Chara-Tokkinskaya group of deposits (Чара-Токкинская группа месторождений), the largest |
Zhuya
The Zhuya (russian: Жуя) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Chara river in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The area is largely uninhabited, Svetly —a small goldmining place— and Perevoz villages are located by the river bank.Жуя / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. . - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apsat (river)
The Apsat (russian: Апсат) is a river in the Kodar Range, on the eastern side of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Chara (Lena basin). It is long, and has a drainage basin of . See also *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ... References Rivers of Zabaykalsky Krai Stanovoy Highlands {{Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) that was created on March 1, 2008 as a result of a merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug, after a referendum held on the issue on March 11, 2007. The Krai is now part of the Russian Far East as of November 2018 in accordance with a decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The administrative center of the krai is located in the city of Chita. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 1,107,107. Geography The krai is located within the historical region of Transbaikalia (Dauria) and has extensive international borders with China (Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang) (998 km) and Mongolia (Dornod Province, Khentii Province and Selenge Province) (868 km); its internal borders are with Irkutsk and Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
