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. […]
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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 […]
The River Angara. Length: 1779 km The basin area: 1 040 000 km2 The Angara-river – a river in Eastern Siberia, the largest right tributary of the Yenisei river, the only river flowing out of lake Baikal. Flows through the territory of Irkutsk region and Krasnoyarsk Krai. Geographical position. The basin area is 1 040 […]
Yenisei – one of the largest rivers of the globe. Length of the Yenisei river near the 5075 km. basin area equal 2580 thousand km2 river occupies the 2nd place among the rivers of Russia (after the Ob) and the 7th place among the rivers of the world. The hydrographic network of the Yenisei includes […]
Ob river is one of the largest rivers of not only Russia, but all over the world. It flows from the South to the North of Western Siberia is almost parallel to the great Russian river Yenisei. Falls into a mighty stream in the North of the Kara sea. In the place of confluence there […]
Western Siberia is a territory extending 2,500 kilometers from the Arctic ocean to the dry steppes of Kazakhstan and 1,500 kilometers from the mountains of the Urals to the Yenisey river. About 80% of the Western Siberia is located within the West Siberian plain, which consists of two flat bowl-shaped heavily waterlogged depressions separated by […]
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