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Indigirka Basin
The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The isolated village of Russkoye Ustye, located on the delta of the Indigirka, is known for the unique traditional culture of the Russian settlers whose ancestors came there several centuries ago. Some historians have speculated that Russkoye Ustye was settled by Pomors in the early 17th century. In 1638 explorer Ivan Rebrov reached the Indigirka. In 1636–42 Elisei Buza pioneered the overland route to the Indigirka river system. At about the same time, Poznik Ivanov ascended a tributary of the lower Lena, crossed the Verkhoyansk Range to the upper Yana, and then crossed the Chersky Range to the Indigirka. In 1642 Mikhail Stadukhin reached the Indigirka overland from the Lena. Zashiversk on the Indigirka was an important colonial outpost durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ust-Nera
Ust-Nera ( rus, Усть-Нера, r=; sah, Уус Ньара, translit=Uus Nyara) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Oymyakonsky District in Yakutia, Russia. Located in one of the coldest permanently inhabited regions on Earth, Ust-Nera is approximately northeast of the republic's capital, Yakutsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 6,463. Geography Ust-Nera is located at the confluence of the Nera and Indigirka Rivers, from which it takes its name (the ''ust-'' part means ''river mouth'' in Russian). Ust-Nera is located about north of the '' selo'' of Oymyakon, which one of two places in the Sakha Republic (the other being Verkhoyansk) which lays claim to being the northern Pole of Cold, the coldest location in the northern hemisphere. The Tas-Kystabyt, Silyap Range and the Nera Plateau are located in the district. Climate Ust-Nera has an extremely cold subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dwd)'' with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolyma Bay
The Kolyma Bay (russian: Колымская Губа; Kolymskaya Guba) is one of the main gulfs of the East Siberian Sea. The bay gets its name from the Kolyma Lowlands, whose coastline forms the whole eastern half of this bay. The Kolyma Lowlands are dotted with numerous lakes and swamps. The sea in this bay is frozen for over nine months every year and is often clogged with ice floes. Geography Kolesovsky Island and Kolesovskaya Otmel are located close to the shore in the central part of the Kolyma Bay. Further west, the Indigirka River flows into the sea on the western side of the Kolyma Bay, forming a large river delta. The Sundrun River has its mouth at the northwestern limit of the bay.GoogleEarth The Kolyma Bay should not be confused with the larger Kolyma Gulf further east. Administratively the Kolyma Bay belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Siberian Lowland
The East Siberian Lowland ( rus, Восточно-Сибирская низменность), also known as Yana-Kolyma Lowland,Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, ''A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands.'' p. 16 is a vast plain in Northeastern Siberia, Russia.Yana-Indigirka and Kolyma lowlands (physical map, scale 1: 2 500 000) // National Atlas of Russia . - M .: Roskartografiya, 2004. - T. 1. - S. 260—261. - 496 p. - The territory of the lowland is one of the . Administratively it is part of the |
Yana-Indigirka Lowland
The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (russian: Яно-Индигирская низменность; sah, Дьааҥы - Индигир намтала) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the territory of the lowland is part of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). There are inhabited centers of population in the lowlands such as Chokurdakh, Olenegorsk and Nizhneyansk, but these are very few and scattered. Geography The lowland is named after the Yana River in the west and the Indigirka River in the east and is crossed by both rivers in their middle and lower courses. The area is mostly flat and very marshy, its northern limits extending for over from the Buor Khaya Gulf of the Laptev Sea in the west to the delta of river Indigirka in the East Siberian Sea in the east. It is limited by the Kyundyulyun, the northern end of the Selennyakh Range and the Polousny Range in the south. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kondakov Plateau
The Kondakov Plateau ( rus, Кондаковское плоскогорье; sah, Кондаков хаптал хайалаах сирэ) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The town of Chokurdakh is located on the other bank of the Indigirka, facing the plateau. The nearest airport is Chokurdakh Airport. The Shandrin mammoth was discovered in 1974 at the feet of a steep slope in the eastern side of the Kondakov Plateau by geologist B. S. Rusanov of the Yakutsk Institute of Geology. Geography The Kondakov Plateau is located in eastern Yakutia, rising above the right banks of the lower course of the Indigirka and gradually decreasing in elevation to the east. Slopes are generally smooth and gentle and the average height of the plateau surface is between and . There are slightly higher ridges cutting across the plateau area, the Bonga-Taga ridge in the north and the Mokholukan in the south. The highest point is high Punga Khaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulakhan-Chistay Range
The Ulakhan-Chistay Range (russian: Улахан-Чистай; sah, Улахан Чыыстай сис) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.''Ulakhan-Chistay'' / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. A section of the range, including the upper course of the Moma River basin, as well as the Buordakh Massif with Mount Pobeda, is part of the Moma Natural Park, one of the protected areas of Russia. Geography The Ulakhan-Chistay Range is the highest subrange of the Chersky Range system. It displays a clear Alpine relief and extends from NW to SE for about south of the Moma Range. It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide intermontane basin, where the Ulakhan-Chistay River and the Moma River flow from the southeast and join the Indigirka. From the southwest the range is bound by the Erikit River, a left tributary of the Moma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polousny Range
The Polousny Range ( rus, Полоусный кряж; sah, Полоуснай томтороот) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Полоусный кряж (Polousny Range) / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. This range is one of the areas of Yakutia where kigilyakhs are found. History The area of the Polousny Range was first mapped by geographer and ethnologist Baron Gerhard von Maydell (1835–1894) during his pioneering research of East Siberia. The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013, at the feet of the Polousny Range in the Chondon basin, 66 km south-west of the village of Tumat. Geography The Polousny Range is part of the Momsko-Chersk Mountain Region (russian: Момско-Черская область). It rises in the southern area of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland, north of the Aby Lowland in the Sakha region. It is made up of mountains of middle height and smooth slopes. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aby Lowland
The Aby Lowland (russian: Абыйская низменность; sah, Абый Намтала, translit=Abıy Namtala) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the territory of the lowland is part of Aby District ''(Aby Ulus)''. Geography The lowland is crossed by the Indigirka River in its middle course. Besides many smaller rivers and streams, three large left hand tributaries of the great river flow into it, the Selennyakh, Uyandina (with the Khatyngnakh) and Druzhina rivers. The Badyarikha limits the area in the east. The area is flat and mostly marshy, the average height of the plain being between and above sea level. The rivers are generally slow-flowing and meandering, connected by channels and with very boggy shores. The Aby Lakes, mostly small and numbering over 15,000, are dotting the lowlands. The largest are Lake Ozhogino [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moma Range
The Moma Range (russian: Момский хребет, ''Momsky Khrebet''; sah, Муома сиһэ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.''Momsky Khrebet'' / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. The nearest town is Khonuu, served by Moma Airport. Etymology The name originated in the Evenki language, where "мома" means wood, timber or tree. Geography The Moma Range extends from NW to SE for almost southeast of the southern end of the Selennyakh Range and north of the Ulakhan-Chistay Range, the highest subrange of the Chersky Range system. It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide intermontane basin, where the Moma River flows from the southeast and joins the Indigirka. Turning northwards, the Indigirka River cuts deeply across the range in its northwestern part. The Aby Lowland, part of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland, lies t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intermontane Basin
Intermontane is a physiographic adjective formed from the prefix " inter-" (''signifying among, between, amid, during, within, mutual, reciprocal'') and the adjective "montane" (inhabiting, or growing in mountainous regions, especially cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline). The corresponding ''physiographic'' noun is intermountain, while the noun ''intermontane'' is an ''ecologic'' noun meaning ''among, between, amid, or within " flora and fauna of a montane habitat.''" As an example, an alpine region would be an intermontane for a species that migrates between a glacial region and a subalpine region. Use of the term *Intermontane Basin, a wide valley between mountain ranges that is partly filled with alluvium such as New Zealand's Mackenzie Basin. *Intermontane Belt, a physiogeological region in the North American Pacific Northwest. *Intermontane Plateaus, the United States physiographic region of the Intermountain West. *Intermontane Steppe, a term used mainly i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moma (river)
The Moma (russian: Мома; sah, Муома) is a river in Yakutia in Russia, a right tributary of the Indigirka. The length of the river is , the area of its drainage basin is . The extinct cinder cone volcanoes Balagan-Tas and Uraga-Tas are some of the main features of the Moma Natural Park. Course The Moma originates from Lake Sisyktyah on the northern slope of the Ulakhan Chistay Range, the highest subrange of the Chersky Range.''Ulakhan Chistay'' / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. The river flows in the wide intermontane basin separating the Ulakhan Chistay Range from the Moma Range in the north and flows into the Indigirka about from its mouth. There are black coal deposits in the river basin. The district centre – the village of Khonuu – is located at the mouth of the river. Etymology The name comes from the Evenki language, “мома” means "wood, timber, tree". This is the name for the rivers with steep, eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
