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North Siberian Lowland
The North Siberian Lowland (; ), also known as Taymyr Lowland (), is a plain with a relatively flat relief separating the Byrranga Mountains of the Taymyr Peninsula in the north from the Central Siberian Plateau in the south. To the southeast of the Olenyok basin the lowland merges with the Central Yakutian Lowland. The territory of the lowland is one of the Great Russian Regions. Administratively it is mostly part of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, with a small section in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The main towns are Dudinka, Norilsk and Khatanga.Google Earth Geography The North Siberian Lowland lies between the lower reaches of the Yenisey and Olenyok rivers in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Yakutia. It is 1,400 km long and up to 600 km wide. This lowland plain features flat-topped ridges approximately 200-300 m high, which rise over broad and heavily swamped degradations with a large number of thermokarst lakes. Rivers Pyasina, Taymyra, Kheta and Kotuy flow over the Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowland
Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of a plain that are conditionally categorized by their elevation above the sea level. Lowlands are usually no higher than , while uplands are somewhere around to . On unusual occasions, certain lowlands such as the Caspian Depression lie below sea level. Uplands areas tend to spike into valleys and mountains, forming mountain ranges while lowland areas tend to be uniformly flat, although both can vary such as the Mongolian Plateau. Upland habitats are cold, clear and rocky whose rivers are fast-flowing in mountainous areas; lowland habitats are warm with slow-flowing rivers found in relatively flat lowland areas, with water that is frequently colored by sediment and organic matter. These classifications overlap with the geological definitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metre
The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium. The metre was originally defined in 1791 by the French National Assembly as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle, so the Earth's polar circumference is approximately . In 1799, the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar. The bar used was changed in 1889, and in 1960 the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. The current definition was adopted in 1983 and modified slightly in 2002 to clarify that the metre is a measure of proper length. From 1983 until 2019, the metre was formally defined as the length of the pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suolama
The Suolama (, ''Suolema''; ) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Anabar with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, from the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai eastwards into the northwestern limit of coastal Yakutia. It is an area of permafrost, flat, lonely and desolate, devoid of settlements. The nearest inhabited place is Yuryung-Khaya. Course The Suolama is a left tributary of the Anabar. Its sources are in the southeastern corner of fairly large Kieng-Kyuel lake of the North Siberian Lowland. It heads roughly eastwards / northeastwards all along its course within a swampy area with numerous lakes. Finally it joins the left bank of the Anabar only from its mouth. The confluence is just a little upstream of Anabar Bay.Google Earth The river is fed by rain and snow. Owing to the severe climate it is frozen between late September and early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anabar River
The Anabar (, in its upper course: Большая Куонамка ''Bolshaya Kuonamka''; ) is a river in Sakha, Russia. It is long ( counting the long Bolshaya Kuonamka ("Big Kuonamka") stretch of its upper course) and has a drainage basin of . Course The Anabar is formed at the confluence of the Malaya Kuonamka and Bolshaya Kuonamka at the edge of the North Siberian Lowland. The length of the Anabar proper is . The two rivers forming it have their sources in the northeastern part of the Anabar Plateau, part of the Central Siberian Plateau. There are many lakes in its basin. The Anabar basin is located between rivers Khatanga and Olenyok. The mouth of the river is in the Anabar Bay. Its mean annual discharge is , concentrated heavily in early summer when the ice that covers the river for most of the year thaws. The Uele river flows into the Laptev Sea close to the mouth of the Anabar, but it is not its tributary.Google Earth Tributaries Its main tributaries are the long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buolkalakh
The Buolkalakh (; , ''Buolkalax'') is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of and a drainage basin area of . It is a lowland river with its mouth very close to the Olenyok delta. It flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate tundra area devoid of settlements. Course The Buolkalakh is a left tributary of the Olenyok. It has its origin in a swampy area full of lakes, just a little north of the sources of the Udya and the Bur. It flows roughly northwestwards, meandering along its course. After the confluence of the Khaastaakh it flows roughly northwards, skirting a low ridge. Finally it joins the left bank of the Olenyok river only upstream of its mouth. The confluence is a little upstream from the village of Ust-Olenyok.Буолкалах / '' |
Bur (river)
The Bur (; , ''Buur'') is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is the second largest tributary of the Olenyok with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area devoid of settlements. The river basin is mostly in Olenyoksky District, with the lower course section in Bulunsky District. Course The Bur is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are in a hilly area of the North Siberian Lowland, in the vicinity of the sources of the Udya and the Buolkalakh. It flows across a marshy floodplain with small lakes, meandering strongly and flowing roughly eastwards north of the Beyenchime. Finally it joins the left bank of the Olenyok river upstream of its mouth. The confluence is only a little downstream from the mouth of the Khorbusuonka in the opposite bank.Google Earth [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyenchime
The Beyenchime ( , ''Beyençime'') is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the Olenyoksky District devoid of settlements. The Beyenchime- Udzha interfluve is an area where diamonds are found. Course The Beyenchime is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are at the limit of the Northern Siberian Lowland, in the vicinity of the sources of the Bur and the Udya. It flows roughly eastwards to the south of the Bur and to the north of the Kuoika. To the south and southwest of its middle course there is a large area dotted with lakes. In its last stretch the Beyenchime turns into the Central Siberian Plateau and heads in a SSE direction until its mouth in the Olenyok, from its mouth.Google Earth The river is frozen between early October and late May and may cause floods in the summer. Its main tributaries a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuoyka
The Kuoyka or Kuoika (; ) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russian Federation. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Kuoyka flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the Olenyoksky District devoid of settlements. The name of the river comes from the Nganasan word ''"kuoika"'', (куойка), meaning a household deity.[Сюлбэ Б. ''Топонимика Якутии'', Yakutsk 2004, p. 75 Course The Kuoika is a left tributary of the Olenyok. Its sources are at the limit of the Northern Siberian Lowland, off the northeastern end of the Central Siberian Plateau. It flows roughly eastwards to the southwest and south of the Beyenchime in an area with numerous lakes. In its last stretch the Kuoika turns in a SSE direction entering the Central Siberian Plateau area. It meanders strongly in its southernmost section within a wide gorge until it meets the left bank of the Olenyok from its mouth.Google ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popigay River
The Popigay () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Khatanga. The length of the river is . The area of its drainage basin is . The river has its source in the Anabar Plateau. It freezes up in October and breaks up in June. Its main tributaries are the Rassokha and Fomich. The river passes by the Popigay crater, about northeast of . See also * |
Khatanga River
The Khatanga () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia. The river is navigable. The river port of Khatanga is located on the river. Course It begins at the confluence of the rivers Kotuy and Kheta. The Khatanga is long ( including its headwater Kotuy); the area of its basin is . It flows into the of the Laptev Sea, forming an |
Kotuy River
The Kotuy () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is one of the two rivers that form the Khatanga; the other one being the Kheta. The Kotuy is long, and the area of its basin is . It freezes up in late September or early October and breaks up in late May or early June. Course The Kotuy has its source in the Putorana Mountains and flows north, cutting from the south across the western side of the Anabar Plateau. After leaving the plateau area it flows northwestwards until the confluence with the Kheta to form the Khatanga, a little distance upstream from Khatanga town.Google Earth Its main tributaries are the Moyero, the Tukalan, the Eriyechka, the Changada, and the Kotuykan, which has its source in the highest part of the Anabar Plateau. Lake Yessey is part of the river basin. See also *List of rivers of Russia Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kheta River
The Kheta () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia, left composite of the Khatanga River. The river is long. The area of its drainage basin is . Course The Kheta is formed by the confluence of the Ayan and Ayakli, both of which originate in the Putorana Plateau. The Kheta freezes up in late September or early October and breaks up in late May or the first half of June. Its main tributaries are the Boyarka, Maymecha, and Boganida. See also *List of rivers of Russia
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