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Kinzelyuk Waterfall
The Kinzelyuk Waterfall (') is probably the highest waterfall in Russia, after the elusive Talnikovy Waterfall (which may not exist any more). In 1989, a team led by Petro Kravchuk estimated its height to be 328 meters.Кравчук П. А. Рекорды природы. — Любешов: Эрудит, 1993. — С. 65. — 216 с. — . The waterfall is located in the eastern part of the Kuraginsky District, near the border with the Irkutsk Oblast, in the sparsely populated region of Siberia known as Tofalaria. The stream flows out of the Lake Kinzelyuk, which occupies the summit of the Kinzelyuk Mountain, with a height of 1601 meters. The water falls into the small Lower Kinzelyuk Lake, which feeds the Kinzelyuk River, a tributary of the Kizir River.Andrey A. Fedorov, А. А. Федоров. Два года в Саянах. Гос. изд-во геогр. лит-ры, 1951. Стр. 152-153. The Kinzelyuk Mountain is part of the Kinzelyuk Ridge, the westernmost spur of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. It borders the Republic of Buryatia and the Tuva Republic in the south and southwest, which separate it from Khövsgöl Province in Mongolia; Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west; the Sakha Republic in the northeast; and Zabaykalsky Krai in the east. It had a population of 2,428,750 at the 2010 Census. Geography Irkutsk Oblast borders with the Republic of Buryatia and the Tuva Republic in the south and southwest, with Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west, with the Sakha Republic in the northeast, and with Zabaykalsky Krai in the east. The unique and world-famous Lake Baikal is located in the southeast of the region. It is drained by the Angara, which flows north across t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several ways, but the most common method of formation is that a river courses over a top layer of resistant bedrock before falling on to softer rock, which Erosion, erodes faster, leading to an increasingly high fall. Waterfalls have been studied for their impact on species living in and around them. Humans have had a distinct relationship with waterfalls for years, travelling to see them, exploring and naming them. They can present formidable barriers to navigation along rivers. Waterfalls are religious sites in many cultures. Since the 18th century they have received increased attention as tourist destinations, sources of hydropower, andparticularly since the mid-20th centuryas subjects of research. Definition and terminology A waterfall is gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talnikovy Waterfall
The Talnikovy Waterfall (russian: Тальниковый водопад) is a 482 m high seasonal waterfall in the Putorana Mountains, the northwestern part of the Central Siberian Plateau in the north of Siberia, Russia (Asia). With this height of fall from several cascades it belongs to the highest Waterfalls on Earth. It is located in the Putorana Nature Reserve not far from the Lake Dyupkun. A small brook falls from the flat summit of the Mount Trapetsia ("Trapeze") into the Talnikova River, a left tributary of the Kureika River The Kureyka (russian: Курейка; also ''Lyuma'', ''Numa'') is a major right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The Kureyka basin is very sparsely populated. The village of Kureyka used to have a museum dedicated to Joseph .... Its height was estimated in 1990 to be 482 meters, although some claim that the height of the entire cascade varies from 600 to 700 meters. History Instrumental measurements were first made in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petro Kravchuk
Petro Kostiantynovych Kravchuk ( uk, Петро́ Костянти́нович Кравчу́к; 11 July 1962 – 3 August 2022) was a Ukrainian politician. A member of Ukraine – Forward! Ukraine – Forward! ( uk, Україна – Вперед!, ''Ukrajina – Vpered!'', Russian language, Russian: Украина – Вперед!) is a Social democracy, social democratic political party in Ukraine. From its registration in Dec ..., he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2006 to 2008. Kravchuk died on 3 August 2022, at the age of 60. References 1962 births 2022 deaths Batkivshchyna politicians Ukraine – Forward! politicians Lviv Polytechnic alumni People from Volyn Oblast Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada {{Ukraine-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuraginsky District
Kuraginsky District (russian: Кура́гинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3009 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders with Balakhtinsky, Mansky, Partizansky, and Sayansky Districts in the north, Nizhneudinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast in the northeast, Todzhinsky District of the Tuva Republic in the southeast, Karatuzsky District in the south, Minusinsky District in the southwest, Krasnoturansky District in the west, and with Idrinsky Districts in the northwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk KraiInformation about Kuraginsky District Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Kuragino. Population: 51,873 ( 2002 Census); The population of Kuragino accounts for 28.8% of the district's total population. Geography Kuraginsky District is the largest in terms of area in the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of Russia since the latter half of the 16th century, after the Russians conquered lands east of the Ural Mountains. Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, covering an area of over , but home to merely one-fifth of Russia's population. Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and Omsk are the largest cities in the region. Because Siberia is a geographic and historic region and not a political entity, there is no single precise definition of its territorial borders. Traditionally, Siberia extends eastwards from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and includes most of the drainage basin of the Arctic Ocean. The river Yenisey divides Siberia into two parts, Western and Eastern. Siberia stretches southwards from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizir River
The Kizir (russian: Кизир) is a right tributary of the Kazyr. It flows through the Eastern Sayan Mountains in the Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. Its source is located in the Kryzhin Range. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river contains many cataracts which make it popular with Siberian rafters. Another tourist attraction is the Kinzelyuk Waterfall The Kinzelyuk Waterfall (') is probably the highest waterfall in Russia, after the elusive Talnikovy Waterfall (which may not exist any more). In 1989, a team led by Petro Kravchuk estimated its height to be 328 meters.Кравчук П. А. Ре ..., one of the highest in Asia. References Rivers of Krasnoyarsk Krai {{Russia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey A
Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman *Andrei Alexandrescu, Romanian computer programmer *Andrey Amador, Costa Rican cyclist *Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist *Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player * Andrej Babiš, Czech prime minister *Andrey Belousov (born 1959), Russian politician *Andrey Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist *Andrey Borodin, Russian financial expert and businessman *Andrei Chikatilo, prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist *Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) (born 1963), Israeli Olympic weightlifter *Andrey Ershov, Russian computer scientist *Andrey Esionov, Russian painter *Andrei Glavina, Istro-Romanian writer and politician *Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989), Belarusian Soviet politician and diplomat * Andrey Ivanov, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
