hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct Summit (topography), summit.
Terminology
The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally con ...
y region in the central part of the
West Siberian Plain
The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...
,
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 ...
.
A sector of the hills is a
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
under the name
Upper Taz Nature Reserve
Upper Taz Nature Reserve (russian: Верхне-Тазовский заповедник) (also Verkhne-Tazovsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) at the geographic center of the Russia Empire. It is on the upper reaches of the Ta ...
, which was established in December 1986.Верхне-Тазовский - ООПТ России /ref> The area is sparsely populated. Only a few settlements, such as Beloyarsky town, are located in the Siberian Uvaly.
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO; russian: Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг (ЯНАО), ; yrk, Ямалы-Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ) or Yamalia (russian: Ямалия) is a fed ...
s of
Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast (russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, ''Tyumenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Western Siberia region of Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals ...
. It extends roughly from west to east between the Ob and the basin of the
Yeloguy
The Yeloguy () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is one of the main tributaries of the Yenisey. Its basin marks the eastern limit of the Siberian Uvaly.Елогуй, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - 3rd e ...
. The Central Ob Lowland (Средне-Обская низменность) stretches to the south and the
Nadym
Nadym (russian: Нады́м, Selkup: Ня́рэм, Nấrém) is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the river Nadym. The population has fluctuated:
Etymology
There are three several translations from the Nenets langu ...
and
Taz Taz or TAZ may refer to:
Geography
*Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia
*Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia
People
* Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia
** Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by ...
lowlands to the north. The Uvaly form a
drainage divide
A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a singl ...
between the right tributaries of the Ob and the upper course of the
Kazym
The Kazym (russian: Казы́м) is a river in Beloyarsky District, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of . Its average discharge is .
The town of Beloyarsky is along the Kazym.
Course
The Kazym is a rig ...
,
Nadym
Nadym (russian: Нады́м, Selkup: Ня́рэм, Nấrém) is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the river Nadym. The population has fluctuated:
Etymology
There are three several translations from the Nenets langu ...
Taz Taz or TAZ may refer to:
Geography
*Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia
*Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia
People
* Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia
** Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by ...
river basins.
The word "Uval" (russian: Увал) refers to an elongated hill with a flat, slightly convex or wavy top and gentle slopes.Словарь современного русского языка. Litres, 12 янв. 2017 г. The hills are low and have a smooth profile and include waterlogged basins in between, such as the central part, which is the lowest, having an almost flat relief. The highest point of the Siberian Uvaly is an unnamed high summit located in the
Krasnoselkupsky District
Krasnoselkupsky District (russian: Красносельку́пский райо́н, Selkup: Нярӄый щёй ӄумый район) is an administrativeLaw #42-ZAO and municipalLaw #41-ZAO district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets A ...
of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.Сибирские Увалы
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...
, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed.
A.M. Prokhorov
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Soviet-Russian physicist known ...
- 3rd ed. 1969-1978.
Hydrograpy
Numerous rivers have their source in the area, such as the
Vatinsky Yogan
The Vatinsky Yogan (russian: Ватинский Ёган) is a river in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of .
The Vatinsky Yogan flows across the Central Siberian Plateau. Its basin is located in ...
,
Tromyogan
The Tromyogan (russian: Тромъёган) is a river in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, a tributary of the Ob. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Course
The Tromyogan is a right tributary of the Ob river. It has its sources in ...
,
Poluy
The Poluy (russian: Полуй) is a river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, a right tributary of the Ob. It is long, with a drainage basin of . It flows into the Ob near the city Salekhard.Amnya, Pim, Kolikyogan and Lyamin of the Ob basin, the Yerkalnadeypur and Ayvasedapur of the Pur basin, as well as the Tolka of the Taz basin. Some of the flat areas of the Siberian Uvaly have numerous, mostly small,
thermokarst
Thermokarst is a type of terrain characterised by very irregular surfaces of marshy hollows and small hummocks formed as ice-rich permafrost thaws. The land surface type occurs in Arctic areas, and on a smaller scale in mountainous areas such as ...
lakes, but there are also some large ones, such as
Numto
Numto (russian: Нумто) is a freshwater lake in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Google Earth
The village of Numto, part of the Kazym rural settlement, is located at the southwestern of the lake by its shore. Historically it was the ...
.
Flora
In the western and eastern sections of the Siberian Uvaly,
spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...
,
larch
Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furt ...
, and pine taiga predominates. In the lower central part, there is sparse larch taiga interspersed with swamps.
See also
*
List of mountains and hills of Russia
This is a list of mountains and hills of Russia.
List by elevation
Over 5000 meters
4000 to 4999 meters
3000 to 3999 meters
2000 to 2999 meters
1000 to 1999 meters
Under 1000 metres
See also
*Highest points of Russian Federal s ...