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Lake Krasnoye Chukotka
Lake Krasnoye (russian: озеро Красное) is a lake in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Russia. It is located near the Anadyr Estuary and is the biggest lake in the Anadyr Lowlands. Historically, it was referred to on maps as Lake Krasnyano (russian: озера Красняно). - Chukotka Electoral Commission website See also * *List of lakes of Russia
List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order:
*Arakhley (Арахле́й)
*Baikal (Байкал)
*Baunt (Баунт)
* Beloye, Ryazan Oblast (Белое)
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Rarytkin Range
The Rarytkin Range (russian: хребет Рарыткин; ckt, Ръарыткын) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Anadyr District.Google Earth Geography The Rarytkin Range is the northernmost subrange of the Koryak Highlands, East Siberian Mountains. It stretches roughly from southeast to northwest in southern Chukotka, along the left bank of the Velikaya River in its middle and lower course. To the northwest flows the Anadyr River and the range acts as an eastern boundary of the Anadyr Lowlands.Рарыткин — Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M, 1969–1978 The highest mountain of the Rarytkin Range is high Mount Palets (гора Палец). It rises in the central area of the range. Lake Krasnoye is located at the feet of the northwestern part of the range. Rare fossil plants of the Maastrichtian and Eocene periods have been found in the range. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chukchi Peninsula
The Chukchi Peninsula (also Chukotka Peninsula or Chukotski Peninsula; russian: Чуко́тский полуо́стров, ''Chukotskiy poluostrov'', short form russian: Чуко́тка, ''Chukotka''), at about 66° N 172° W, is the easternmost peninsula of Asia. Its eastern end is at Cape Dezhnev near the village of Uelen. The Chukotka Mountains are located in the central/western part of the peninsula, which is bounded by the Chukchi Sea to the north, the Bering Sea to the south, and the Bering Strait to the east, where at its easternmost point it is only about from Seward Peninsula in Alaska; this is the smallest distance between the land masses of Eurasia and North America. The peninsula is part of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. [...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] |
Anadyr River
The Anadyr (russian: Ана́дырь; Yukaghir: Онандырь; ckt, Йъаайваам) is a river in the far northeast of Siberia which flows into the Gulf of Anadyr of the Bering Sea and drains much of the interior of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Its basin corresponds to the Anadyrsky District of Chukotka. Geography The Anadyr is long and has a basin of . It is frozen from October to late May and has a maximum flow in June with the snowmelt. It is navigable in small boats for about to near Markovo. West of Markovo it is in the Anadyr Highlands (moderate mountains and valleys with a few trees) and east of Markovo it moves into the Anadyr Lowlands (very flat treeless tundra with lakes and bogs). The drop from Markovo to the sea is less than . It rises at about 67°N latitude and 171°E longitude in the Anadyr Highlands, near the headwaters of the Maly Anyuy, flows southwest receiving the waters of the rivers Yablon and Yeropol, turns east around the Shchuchy Range an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a border with the Sakha, Sakha Republic to the west, Magadan Oblast to the south-west, and Kamchatka Krai to the south. Anadyr (town), Anadyr is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center, capital, and the easternmost settlement to have town status in Russia. Chukotka is primarily populated by ethnic Russians, Chukchi people, Chukchi, and other Indigenous peoples of Siberia, indigenous peoples. It is the only autonomous okrug in Russia that is not included in, or subordinate to, another federal subject, having separated from Magadan Oblast in 1992. It is home to Lake Elgygytgyn, an impact crater lake, and Anyuyskiy, an extinct volcano. The village of Uelen is the easternmos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Eastern Russia
The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District, which is located between Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean. The area's largest city is Khabarovsk, followed by Vladivostok. The region shares land borders with the countries of Mongolia, China, and North Korea to its south, as well as maritime boundaries with Japan to its southeast, and with the United States along the Bering Strait to its northeast. The Russian Far East is often considered as a part of Siberia (previously during the Soviet era when it was called the Soviet Far East). Terminology In Russia, the region is usually referred to as just "Far East" (). What is known in English as the Far East is usually referred to as "the Asia-Pacific Region" (, abbreviate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anadyr Estuary
Anadyrskiy Liman (russian: Анадырский Лиман) or Anadyr Estuary is an estuary on the Gulf of Anadyr in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Siberia, Russian Federation. Geography It is called a liman because it is separated from the Gulf of Anadyr by the Russkaya Koshka spit in the north and another spit (Geka Point) in the south. The channel into the Gulf of Anadyr through the bar is in the east. The Anadyr Lowlands are located to the west.Google Earth Anadyrskiy Liman is divided into three parts. The outer bay receives the Tretya River (its mouth is the notch on the south shore). The southern part of the outer bay is shallow. The inner bay is called Onemen Bay and receives the Velikaya through a narrow bay on the southwest. They are separated by a promontory, with the town of Anadyr at its tip. North of the promontory is a series of lakes which form the mouth of the Kanchalan River. The Anadyr River The Anadyr (russian: Ана́дырь; Yukaghir: Онандырь; ck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anadyr Lowlands
The Anadyr Lowlands (russian: Ана́дырская ни́зменность) are a low alluvial plain located in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Geography The lowlands are crossed by the Anadyr River in the middle and the Velikaya in the south. They are bound by the Pekulney Range of the Chukotka Mountains to the northwest, west of which lie the Parapol-Belsky Lowlands (Парапольско-Бельская низменность) beyond which rise the Anadyr Highlands, and by the Rarytkin and Ukvushvuynen ranges of the Koryak Mountains to the south. The mouth of the Anadyr River flows into the Anadyr Gulf of the Bering Sea to the east. The harbor city of Anadyr is located by the mouth on the shore of Onemen Bay in the estuarine area of the river.Google Earth The lowlands are a flat, mostly marshy tundra plain with a maximum height of above sea level. The whole area is dotted with lakes, the largest of which is Lake Krasnoye.Ана́ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Pekulney
Lake Pekulney (russian: Пекульнейское озеро) is a lake of Anadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The lake has a basin area of which makes it the second largest lake in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug after Lake Krasnoye, and the 27th largest in area in Russia. There are commercial fisheries of sockeye salmon in the lake. The Kakanaut Formation is a geological formation named after the small river flowing into the lake at the head of its northeastern bay.Michael C. Boulter, Helen Fisher eds. ''Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic'', p. 130 Geography Lake Pekulney is a coastal lagoon separated from the sea by a narrow spit at its southern end. It is roughly Y-shaped with Pekulveyem Bay in the northwest and Kakanaut Bay in the northeast. The Mayn Channel flows from it in the south connecting it with the Bering Sea. Pekulney Lake is connected by channels with neighboring Lake Vaamochka to the west. The village of Meynypilgyno is located between ... [...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] |
