The Yakut zoo “Orto-Doydu” is a state institution and one of the brightest sights of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The Zoological Park is located on the left bank of the Lena River, just 50 km from the capital of the republic in a very picturesque place – the Erkenani Valley, between a huge mountain […]
Category Archives: Far East
The Russian Federation is the largest state in the world. Its expanses stretched more than 17 million km². This is not the only record. Here is the deepest lake Baikal and the lowest temperature is observed. The regions of the north of Russia deserve special attention primarily because they occupy almost half of the entire […]
The secluded ice-free lagoon of the Avacha Bay near the southeastern edge of Kamchatka is capable of taking any sea-going vessel even in the wildness of the severe northern winter. The violent disposition of the Pacific Ocean rarely reaches the coast, where the residential quarters of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vilyuchinsk stretch. The area of the water […]
State natural Dzhugdzhursky reserve is located in the Khabarovsk territory, Ayano-Maysky district, on the coast of the sea of Okhotsk. The reserve was established in 1990, 10 September. Its total area is 859 956 ha. Within the conservation area there are two climatic regions. Thus the boundary between them is the range Dzhugdzhur. According to […]
State Nature Reserve Khankaisky located in southwest Primorsk region. Its total area – 39,289 hectares, which includes the coastline and waters of Lake Khanka. The reserve was established in 1990, on 28 December. On conservation area dominated monsoon type of climate. Overall, it was formed under the influence of monsoon and local circulation processes. In […]
State Natural Reserve is located in the Koryak northern Kamchatka. Its total area is 327,156 hectares. The reserve was established in 1995. Protected area is within four climatic regions (north-east coast, Rekininsk lowland, lowland Penzhinskaya, Koryak Highlands), and northern climatic subregions. On Parapolsky site significantly influence the Bering and Okhotsk seas. The local climate – […]
Norsky nature reserve is located in Selemginsk district of the Amur region. It was founded in 1998 on the basis of a federal nature reserve “Norsky.” The main purpose of its creation – the protection and study of the southern taiga lowland ecosystems of the North Amur Region, as well as wetlands Amur-Zeya lowlands. Area […]
Area: 2,420 km2 The greatest depth of 34 meters. Zeya reservoir – dam on the Zeya River in the Amur region of Russia. Zeya hydroelectric station dam formed in 1974-1980, respectively. Reservoir extends upstream from the Zeya hydroelectric dam in Zeya, over a length of 40 kilometers within Tukuringra ridge is a narrow body of […]
Area: 4070 km2 Maximum depth: 11 m Lake Khanka is located on the border of the Primorsky region of Russia and the Heilongjiang province of China. Khanka is the largest freshwater reservoir in the far East. The area 4070 km2 (with an average water level), length 95 km, dominated by the depth of 1-3 m, […]
The River Aldan: Length: 89 km The area of the basin: 729 000 km2 Aldan – river in the far East of Russia, the right tributary of the Lena river. Flows within Yakutia, the catchment area of the river, occupies the North-Western part of Khabarovsk Krai. Aldan is on the sixth place among the rivers […]
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