|
Ob Plateau
The Ob Plateau ( rus, Приобское плато, ''Priobskoye Plato''), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it falls within Altai Krai and Novosibirsk Oblast, Siberian Federal District, Russia. The plateau is named after the Ob River and is part of its basin.Google Earth Most of the territory of the plateau has been agriculturally developed, yielding grain crops as well as industrial crops. Geography The Ob Plateau is located in Altai Krai and Novosibirsk Oblast at the southern edge of the West Siberian Plain. It extends roughly to the north of the foothills of the Altai Mountains along the left bank of the north-flowing Ob River. To the west it descends gradually to the Kulunda Plain. The average height of the Ob Plateau surface is between and , reaching a maximum height of at an unnamed summit. The plateau is dissected by wide ravines of glacial origin, about in width and between a deep, stretching parallel to each other in a roughly northeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glacial Stream
A glacier stream is a channelized area that is formed by a glacier in which liquid water accumulates and flows. Glacial streams are also commonly referred to as "glacier stream" or/and "glacial meltwater stream". The movement of the water is influenced and directed by gravity and the melting of ice. The melting of ice forms different types of glacial streams such as supraglacial, englacial, subglacial and proglacial streams. Water enters supraglacial streams that sit at the top of the glacier via filtering through snow in the accumulation zone and forming slush pools at the FIRN zone. The water accumulates on top of the glacier in supraglacial lakes and into supraglacial stream channels. The meltwater then flows through various different streams either entering inside the glacier into englacial channels or under the glacier into subglacial channels. Finally, the water leaves the glacier through proglacial streams or lakes. Proglacial streams do not only act as the terminus point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altai Mountains
The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob River, Ob have their headwaters. The massif merges with the Sayan Mountains in the northeast, and gradually becomes lower in the southeast, where it merges into the high plateau of the Gobi Desert. It spans from about 45° to 52° N and from about 84° to 99° E. The region is inhabited by a sparse but ethnically diverse population, including Russian people, Russians, Kazakh people, Kazakhs, Altai people, Altais, Mongol people, Mongols and Volga Germans, though predominantly represented by indigenous ethnic minorities of semi-nomadic stock. The local economy is based on bovine, sheep, horse animal husbandry, husbandry, hunting, agriculture, forestry, and mining. The Altaic languages, Altaic language family takes its name from this mountain range. Etymology and modern names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiga
Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga or boreal forest has been called the world's largest land biome. In North America, it covers most of inland Canada, Alaska, and parts of the northern contiguous United States. In Eurasia, it covers most of Sweden, Finland, much of Russia from Karelia in the west to the Pacific Ocean (including much of Siberia), much of Norway and Estonia, some of the Scottish Highlands, some lowland/coastal areas of Iceland, and areas of northern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, and northern Japan (on the island of Hokkaidō). The main tree species, depending on the length of the growing season and summer temperatures, vary across the world. The taiga of North America is mostly spruce, Scandinavian and Finnish taiga consists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birch
A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 30 to 60 known taxa of which 11 are on the IUCN 2011 Red List of Threatened Species. They are a typically rather short-lived pioneer species widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in northern areas of temperate climates and in boreal climates. Description Birch species are generally small to medium-sized trees or shrubs, mostly of northern temperate and boreal climates. The simple leaves are alternate, singly or doubly serrate, feather-veined, petiolate and stipulate. They often appear in pairs, but these pairs are really borne on spur-like, two-leaved, lateral branchlets. The fruit is a small samara, although the wings may be obscure in some species. They differ from the alders (''Alnus'', another genus in the family) in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Gorkoye (Novosibirsk Oblast)
Gorkoye (russian: Горькое) is a salt lake on the border between Bagansky and Kupinsky districts of Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, which is almost round in shape. Its area is 741.7 hectares. Description The lake is located 47 kilometers from Kupino near the village of Novoklyuchi, about 500 (or 416) kilometers from Novosibirsk. The lake contains a high concentration of salt. In winter the lake does not freeze, and in autumn it forms a large amount of saltpeter. Fauna The lake is inhabited by orange-coloured crustaceans from the genus Artemia ''Artemia'' is a genus of aquatic crustaceans also known as brine shrimp. It is the only genus in the family Artemiidae. The first historical record of the existence of ''Artemia'' dates back to the first half of the 10th century AD from Urmia La ... with a length of about 7 mm. Tourism Along the coast of the lake, about 60 small wooden houses have been built for tourists. The curative mud from the lake is popular among vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasmala (river)
The Kasmala (russian: Касмала) is a river in Altai Krai, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of . The basin of the river is located in the Rebrikhinsky and Pavlovsky districts. Kasmala rural locality is named after the river. Course The Kasmala is a left tributary of the Ob river. It has its sources in lake Seleznevo-Borovskoye, in a swampy area of the Ob Plateau. The river flows in a roughly northeastern direction. Finally it meets the left bank of the Ob at Kasmala, from the Ob's mouth. Google Earth Tributaries The longest tributary of the Kasmala is the long Borovlyanka (Боровлянка) on the left. The river is frozen between November and April. 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 drain ... Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagan (river)
The Bagan (russian: Баган) is a river in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of .Google Earth The basin of the river is located in the Kargatsky District, Kargatsky, Bagansky, Zdvinsky District, Zdvinsky, Dovolensky District, Dovolensky, Krasnozyorsky District, Krasnozyorsky and Karasuksky District, Karasuksky districts. Since 1994 here is a Ramsar site in the lower course of the river. Course The Bagan river system is an endorheic basin between the Ob (river), Ob and the Irtysh rivers. The sources are in a swamp at the western edge of the Ob Plateau. The river flows in a roughly WSW direction all along its course. It is fed mainly by snow. As it progresses along the Kulunda Plain it flows across many lakes of different sizes. Finally it ends up in Lake Ivanovskoye. In the river basin there are numerous swamps and lakes, both freshwater and brackish. The Bagan tends to dry up seasonally in its lower reaches. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karasuk (river)
The Karasuk (russian: Карасук) is a river in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The source region of the Karasuk River was declared a special protected area on 26 March 2007. Course The Karasuk begins some southwest of Novosibirsk, at above sea level. It flows in a southwesterly direction through a wide valley in the southern part of the Baraba Steppe, and terminates in an endorheic basin of small lakes and swamps at an elevation of , at the border with Kazakhstan. At high water levels some water will flow through the river Chuman (Чуман) to the Burla (Бурла), |
Burla (river)
The Burla (russian: Бурла; kk, Борлы, ''Borly'') is a river in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of . The Burla river system is an endorheic watershed. In the Russian Federation the basin of the river is located mainly in Altai Krai, with a little section in Novosibirsk Oblast. The last stretch of its course is in the Pavlodar Region of Kazakhstan. Course The sources of the Burla are in the Ob Plateau, to the northeast of Dolganka, Krutikhinsky District, and only from the banks of the Ob River. The river flows roughly southwestwards all along its course. As it descends into the Kulunda Plain its channel scatters, becoming almost interrupted in places. Further west along the steppe, the lower course of the Burla consists in channels between mostly shallow lakes. In years of adequate rainfall the river flows into the endorheic lake Bolshoy Azhbulat, but in dry years it ends in Lake Bolshoye Topolnoye, east of the Russia/Kazakhstan border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulunda (river)
The Kulunda (russian: Кулунда) is a river in Altai Krai, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of . The basin of the river is located in the Rebrikhinsky, Tyumentsevsky, Bayevsky and Blagoveshchensky districts. There are a number of villages near its banks, such as Bayevo, Pokrovka, Kapustinka, Proslaukha and Gryaznovo.Google Earth Course The Kulunda river system is an endorheic basin between the Ob and the Irtysh rivers. The sources are in the Ob Plateau. The river flows roughly southwestwards through one of the wide ravines of glacial origin that are characteristic of the plateau. As it descends to the Kulunda Plain there are many lakes in its basin, especially near Andronovo and Nizhnechumanka. Near its mouth the river turns westwards. Finally it meets the eastern shore of Lake Kulunda about west of Shimolino. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaulka
The Barnaulka (russian: Барнаулка) is a river in Altai Krai, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of . The basin of the river is located in the Rebrikhinsky District, Rebrikhinsky, Shipunovsky District, Shipunovsky and Pavlovsky District, Altai Krai, Pavlovsky districts. The city of Barnaul is named after the river. The Barnaulka suffers from the impact of pollutants released by industrial activity along its course. Course The Barnaulka is a left tributary of the Ob (river), Ob river. It has its sources in Zerkalnoye, a lake with a surface lying to the west of Aleysk. The upper course of the river is a chain of lakes connected by marshy canals located in the Ob Plateau (Приобское плато). There are numerous swamps and smaller lakes in its basin. The Barnaulka flows in a roughly northeastern direction. Finally it meets the left bank of the Ob at Barnaul, from the Ob's mouth. Tributaries The longest tributary of the Barnaulka is the lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
