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Yeravna-Khorga Lake System
Yeravna-Khorga Lake System (russian: Еравно-Хоргинской системы озёр) is a group of relatively shallow fresh water bodies in the Yeravninsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The villages of Isinga, Khorga, Tuldun, Gunda, Shiringa, Garam, as well as Sosnovo-Ozerskoye, the district capital, are located near the lakes. There are fisheries of local importance in most of the lakes of the group. Geography The lake system lies in the Yeravna Depression, at the southern end of the Vitim Plateau. It includes 6 large lakes and several smaller ones aligned in a roughly NE/SW direction for about . The catchment area of the lake system is located in a forest steppe zone. Bolshoy Yeravna (Big Yeravna) is the largest lake of the group, followed by neighboring Maly Yeravna (Small Yeravna). Other lakes of the system include Sosnovo, Khaimisanov and Bolshoy Goluboy —with Goluboy and Maly Goluboy close to it— in the southern cluster, known as "Yeravna Lakes" (rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitim Plateau
Vitim Plateau is a plateau in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The plateau is sparsely populated, the main settlements are Romanovka and Bagdarin. An area of the plateau is an ancient volcanic field with a number of cinder cones and volcanoes, the last of which was active about 810,000 years before present. The P436 regional road connecting Ulan-Ude and Chita passes through Romanovka across the plateau. Geography The Vitim Plateau lies along the headwaters of the Vitim River, a tributary of the Lena between the Southern Muya Range to the north, the Ikat Range to the west, the Yablonoi Mountains to the south, and in the east with the lower reaches of the Kalakan River to the right bank of the lower reaches of the Karenga River (both Vitim tributaries) and the latter's right tributary, the Bugarikta. The Vitim River begins at the confluence of the China and Vitimkan rivers on the plateau and makes a wide bend around the volcanic zone before flowing northwards. Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maly Yeravna
Maly Yeravna (russian: Малое Еравное; bxr, Бага Ярууна) is a fresh water body in the Yeravninsky District, Buryatia, Russia. There are two inhabited places by the lake, Tuldun in the northwestern shore and Shiringa in the northeastern. The Yeravninsky penitentiary settlement was established by Russian Cossack explorers on the eastern bank of the lake in 1675. But by the beginning of the 18th century the prison had lost relevance and only 11 houses and the former prison clerk hut remained. Geography Maly Yeravna (Little Yeravna) is part of the Yeravna-Khorga Lake System (russian: Еравно-Хоргинской системы озёр), which includes 6 large lakes and a number of smaller ones. It is located at the southwestern end of the lake group, together with Bolshoy Yeravna to the west, separated from it by a narrow landspit. Lake Sosnovo lies further to the southwest and small Lake Khaimisanov to the south.Google Earth The lake is shallow, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan-Arakhley Lake System
Ivan-Arakhley Lake System (russian: Ивано-Арахлейские озёра) is a group of fresh water bodies in the Chita District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The villages of Arakhley, Tasei and Preobrazhenka are located near the lakes. The lakes are a tourist attraction and there are holiday cottages and resorts near them. They are located within the Ivano-Arakhley State Natural Landscape Reserve ( Zakaznik), a protected area of regional significance created in 1995, covering an area of . Geography The lakes lie at the southeastern end of the Vitim Plateau. As a group, they are also known as "Beklemishev Lakes" (russian: Беклеми́шевские озёра) since they stretch roughly from SW to NE for about along the Beklemishev Depression.Беклеми́шевские озёра '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lakes Of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order: *Arakhley (Арахле́й) *Baikal (Байкал) *Baunt (Баунт) * Beloye, Ryazan Oblast (Белое) * Beloye, Vologda Oblast (Белое) * Bokon (Бокон) * Bolshoye Morskoye (Большое Морское) *Bolshoye Toko (Большое Токо) * Bolshoy Yeravna (Большо́е Ера́вное) *Bolshoye Topolnoye (Большое Топольное) *Botkul (Боткуль) *Brosno (Бросно) *Busani (Бусани) * Bustakh (Бустах) *Caspian Sea (Каспийское море) *Chany (Чаны) * Chukchagir (Чукчагирское) * Chyortovo (Чёртово) *Dorong (Доронг) *Lake Dynda (Дында) *Ebeyty (Эбейты) *Ekityki (Экитыки) * Elgygytgyn (Эльгыгы́тгын) *Emanda (Эмандьа) *Evoron (Эвopон) *Eyik (Эйик) * Ilirney (Илирней) * Ilmen (Ильмень) *Imandra (Имандра) * Ioni (Иони) *Isinga (Исинга) *Ivan-Arakhley Lake System ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitim River
The Vitim (russian: Витим; evn, Витым, ; sah, Виитим, ; Buryat and mn, Витим, ''Vitim'') is a major tributary of the Lena. Its source is east of Lake Baikal, at the confluence of rivers Vitimkan from the west and China from the east. The Vitim flows first south, bends eastwards and then northward in the Vitim Plateau. Then it flows north through the Stanovoy Highlands and the town of Bodaybo. Including river Vitimkan, its western source, it is long, and has a drainage basin of .Витим (река в Бурят. АССР) It is navigable from the Lena to Bodaybo. Upstream, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isinga (lake)
Isinga (russian: Исинга or Исингинское) is a fresh water body in the Yeravninsky District, Buryatia, Russia. There are vestiges of ancient human settlements on the banks of the Isinga dating back to 4-5 thousand years ago. Archaeological excavations were carried out in 1972 at the sites of ancient settlements, providing a wealth of data in the Isinga area. Geography Isinga lake is part of the Yeravna-Khorga Lake System (russian: Еравно-Хоргинской системы озёр) and is the northernmost sizeable lake of the group. The system includes 6 large lakes and a number of smaller ones. The lake has a large catchment area, , which is largely covered by the forest steppe typical of the Vitim Plateau. Lake Khorga Khorga (russian: Хорга; bua, Хорго, ''Khorgo'') is a rural locality (a settlement) in Yeravninsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 127 as of 2010. There are 4 streets. Geography Khorga is located b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaya Khorga
Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits Settlements and the British protectorates of the Malay States * Malayan Union (1946–1948), a post-war British colony consisting of all the states and settlements in British Malaya except Singapore * Federation of Malaya (1948–1963), the successor to the Malayan Union, which gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957 * States of Malaya (1963-Present), the States of the Federation of Malaya following the merger with the self-governing State of Singapore and the Colonies of North Borneo (renamed Sabah), Sarawak to form the Federation of Malaysia Geography Malaya comprises the States of Malaya and Singapore Science * '' Megisba malaya'', a butterfly commonly called the Malayan People * Malaya Akulukjuk (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khorga (lake)
Khorga (russian: Хорга; bua, Хорго, ''Khorgo'') is a rural locality (a settlement) in Yeravninsky District, Republic of Buryatia, Russia. The population was 127 as of 2010. There are 4 streets. Geography Khorga is located by Malaya Khorga lake, part of the Yeravna-Khorga Lake System , north of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye Sosnovo-Ozerskoye (russian: Сосно́во-Озёрское, bua, Нарһата, ''Narhata'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Yeravninsky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Population: Geography ... (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gunda is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Yeravninsky District {{Buryatia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arshan (lake)
Arshan (russian: Аршан) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: *Arshan, Republic of Buryatia, a settlement in Arshansky Selsoviet of Tunkinsky District in the Republic of Buryatia * Arshan, Kuytunsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, a village in Kuytunsky District of Irkutsk Oblast * Arshan, Tulunsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, a settlement in Tulunsky District of Irkutsk Oblast * Arshan, Alarsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, a village in Alarsky District of Irkutsk Oblast * Arshan, Republic of Kalmykia, a settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of the City A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... of Elista in the Republic of Kalmykia; {{Set index article, populated places in Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunda (lake)
''Gunda'' is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae (silk moths). The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862. It is primarily an Oriental genus, found in India, China and South-east Asia. Species *'' Gunda aroa'' Bethune-Baker, 1904 *'' Gunda engonata'' (Swinhoe, 1899) *''Gunda javanica'' (Moore, 1872) *'' Gunda ochracea'' Walker, 1862 *'' Gunda proxima'' Roepke, 1924 *''Gunda subnotata'' (Walker, 1859) *''Gunda thwaitesii ''Gunda thwaitesii'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1883 and is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இல ...'' (Moore, 1883) References Bombycidae {{Bombycidae-stub hu:Gunda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
