Area: 735 km2 Maximum depth: 10 meters Lake Pyasino – lake of glacial origin in Russia, in the South-West North-Siberian lowland in the Krasnoyarsk territory, approximately 20 km from Norilsk. Freezes at the beginning of October, opened from ice in late June – early July. Physical features. Flows from the lake only the Pyasina river, […]
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Lake Ilmen – lake in the Western part of the Novgorod region. Belongs to the basin of the Baltic sea Atlantic ocean. Post-glacial reservoir (on the place of an aquatic systems) with picturesque beaches and long history of development. Traditionally attractive for Russian and foreign tourists. Physical features. The lake area, depending on the water […]
Area: 31 722 km2 Maximum depth: 1642 m. Lake Baikal – lake of tectonic origin in the southern part of Eastern Siberia, the deepest lake on the planet, the largest natural reservoir of fresh water. The lake and the coastal area features a unique variety of flora and fauna, most of the species are endemic. […]
Area: 18 135 km2 Maximum depth: 230 m Lake Ladoga is a lake in Karelia (North and East coast) and Leningrad region (the Western, southern and South-Eastern shore), the largest freshwater lake in Europe. Belongs to the basin of the Baltic sea Atlantic ocean. The lake area without the Islands is from 17.6 thousand km2 […]
Area: 1284 km2 Maximum depth: 12 m White lake is a lake in the West of Vologda region. Has a water surface area 1,284 sq km, but due mainly to the low banks of the lake area and the shoreline may fluctuate during the year. Between 1964 and is part of the Sheksna reservoir, which […]
Length: 2 428 km The area of the basin: 237 000 km2 Geography. Originates on the slopes of the top Round hill (mountain range uraltau) in the Uchaly region of Bashkortostan. Flows into the Caspian sea. At the beginning of the Ural flows from North to South, and meeting the same lofty plateau Kazakh steppe, […]
Length: 744 km The basin area: 357 000 km2 Northern Dvina river is the major river of the North zone of the European Russia and the White sea basin; compiled from Sabinsk island’s connection with the city of Velikiy Ustyug, rivers Sukhona and Yug. Northern Dvina river irrigates of Vologda and Arkhangelsk region, and, after […]
The River Pechora Length: 1809 km The area of the basin: 322 000 km2 The Pechora river in the Republic of Komi and the Nenets Autonomous district of the Russian Federations river is 1809 km. Freezes in late October, the showdown takes place with the support of formations of ice jams. The source of the […]
The River Kolyma. Length: 2 129 km The area of the basin: 643 000 km2 The river Kolyma river in Yakutia and the Magadan region of Russia. Evens, on the territory of the settlement which is a river called her Kulu; now the name of Kullu preserved only by the right part of the Kolyma […]
Irtysh River Length: 4248 km The basin area: 1 643 000 km2 The Irtysh river is a river in Siberia and Kazakhstan, the main tributary of the Ob. The length of the Irtysh is 4248 km, which exceeds the length of the river Ob. Irtysh together with the Ob river – the longest river in […]