The Pechora coal basin (Печорский угольный бассейн) is located in the Extreme North of European Russia. In covers nearly 90,000 km² in Komi Republic and Nenets Autonomous Okrug of the Arkhangelsk Oblast. The basin is associated with three major depressions: Usa River depression, Korotaikha depression and Kara depression, stretching North-South along the Western foothills of Northern Ural Mountains and Pay-Khoy Ridge. Coals in the basin widely range from brown coals to anthracites, of varying yield and ash content.


See also

* Timan-Pechora Basin

References

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