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Lakhtinsky Razliv
Lake Lakhta (Russian: Лахтинский разлив; ''Lakhtinsky razliv''; from Finnish ''lahti'', 'gulf') is a lake (or inlet) in St. Petersburg's Primorsky District connected to the Neva Bay of the Baltic Sea by the 500-meter-long Bobylka River. The Kamenka, Glukharka and Yuntolovka rivers empty into the lake. Its area is 1.76 km², with the maximum depth of 8.3 meters. The lakeside village of Lakhta takes its name from the lake. Along the eastern shore extends the neighbourhood of Kolomäki. The lake belongs to the Yuntolovsky Reserve, zakaznik established in 1999 to conserve the nature of the nearby wetlands, providing, among other things, habitat for a significant population of the shrub ''Myrica gale'', which is protected in Russia. See also * Lakhtinsky crossover * Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Ла́хта-О́льгино) is a municipal okrug of Primorsky Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primorsky District, Saint Petersburg
Primorsky District (russian: Примо́рский райо́н "Seaside District") is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh .... As of the 2010 Census, its population was 507,238; up from 393,960 recorded in the 2002 Census. Municipal divisions Primorsky District comprises the municipal settlement of Lisy Nos and the following seven municipal okrugs:Law #411-68 * #65 * Chyornaya rechka * Kolomyagi * Komendantsky Aerodrom * Lakhta-Olgino * Ozero Dolgoye * Yuntolovo References Notes Sources * __NOTOC__ {{Authority control States and territories established in 1936 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bays Of The Baltic Sea
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial action. A bay can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is an arm of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada. Some large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology. The land surrounding a bay often reduces the strength of winds and blocks waves. Bays may have as wide a variety of shoreline characteristics as other shorelines. In some cases, bays have beaches, which "are usually characterized by a steep upper foreshore with a broad, flat fronting terrace".Maurice Schwartz, ''Encyclopedia of Coastal Science'' (2006), p. 129. Bays were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of Saint Petersburg
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle. Lakes are distinct from lagoons, which are generally coastal parts of the ocean. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which also lie on land, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which usually flow in a channel on land. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams. Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers, where a river channel has widened into a basin. Some parts of the world have many lakes formed by the chaotic drainage patterns left over from the last ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug
Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Ла́хта-О́льгино) is a municipal okrug of Primorsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, comprising that city's historical areas of Lakhta and Olgino. It is located just north of the Gulf of Finland. Population: Finnish associations The district takes its name from Lake Lakhta, which depending on definition may also be classed as an inlet of the Neva Bay. ''Lahti'' is a Finnish word meaning "inlet", and there is a city in Finland also called Lahti. Lakhta is a Russian transliteration of Lahti. The municipality of Lakhta was historically populated with Finns, though it never was part of Finland, as Finland only gained its independence in 1917. By the 1880s approximately 80% of the peasants were Finnish and spoke poor Russian. Lakhta is located on the Karelian isthmus, in Northern Ingria near historic Finnish Karelia Karelia ( fi, Karjala) is a histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakhtinsky Crossover
The Lakhtinsky crossover is a railroad line that crosses the Lakhtinsky Razliv lake in Saint Petersburg, Russia. For the first stage of the Primorskaya line on the route from Novaya Derevnya to Lakhta, it was necessary to cross lake Lakhtinsky Razliv. Construction Engineer P. A. Avenarius constructed the crossover in 1894. It was a pile bridge which paralleled the Lakhtinsky dam on which there was a road. Near to the bridge, Shunting loop Dum and Shunting loop 2 verst Shunting may refer to: * Ribosome shunting, a mechanism in protein biosynthesis * Shunting (rail), a rail transport operation * Shunting (neurophysiology), a concept in neurophysiology * Shunting (sailing) The crab claw sail is a fore-and-aft t ... were constructed. The bridge opened July 12, 1894. Destruction and rebuilding Catastrophic flooding on September 23, 1924 completely destroyed the bridge. It was restored in 1925 at its current location. Current structure As of 2009, the bridge is a metal one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Vascular Plants In The Red Data Book Of Russia
{{Short description, none This is a complete and as of 2009 up-to-date list of vascular plants listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation and protected in Russia at the federal level. Pteridophyta Aspleniaceae :''Asplenium adiantum-nigrum'' L. - (rare) :''Asplenium daghestanicum'' Christ - (rare) :'' Asplenium altajense'' (Kom.) Grub. - (rare) :'' Asplenium sajanense'' Gudoschn. et Krasnob. - (declining) :'' Asplenium nesii'' Christ. - (rare) Athyriaceae :'' Athyriopsis japonica'' (Thunb.) Ching. - (endangered) :'' Athyrium wardii'' (Hook.) Makino. - (rare) :'' Lunathyrium henryi'' (Baker) Kurata - (rare) Botrychiaceae :''Botrychium simplex'' E. Hitchc. - (endangered) Dryopteridaceae :''Arachniodes mutica'' (Franch. et Savat.) Ohwi. - (declining) :'' Dryopteris chinensis'' (Baker) Koidz. - (endangered) :'' Leptorumohra miqueliana'' (Maxim. ex Franch. et Savat.) H. Ito - (endangered) Hymenophyllaceae :'' Mecodium wrightii'' (Bsch) Copel. - (declining) Marsileacea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrica Gale
''Myrica gale'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae, native to parts of Japan, North Korea, Russia, mainland Europe, the British Isles and parts of northern North America, in Canada and the United States. Common names include bog-myrtle, sweet willow, Dutch myrtle, and sweetgale. Description ''Myrica gale'' is a deciduous shrub growing to tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, long, oblanceolate with a tapered base and broader tip, and a crinkled or finely toothed margin. The flowers are catkins, with male and female catkins on separate plants (dioecious). The fruit is a small drupe. Distribution and habitat Bog-myrtle is distributed throughout parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including: Japan, North Korea, Russia, mainland Europe, the British Isles, Canada and the United States. It typically grows in acidic peat bogs, and to cope with these difficult nitrogen-poor growing conditions, the roots have nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria which enabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The primary factor that distinguishes wetlands from terrestrial land forms or Body of water, water bodies is the characteristic vegetation of aquatic plants, adapted to the unique anoxic hydric soils. Wetlands are considered among the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems, serving as home to a wide range of plant and animal species. Methods for assessing wetland functions, wetland ecological health, and general wetland condition have been developed for many regions of the world. These methods have contributed to wetland conservation partly by raising public awareness of the functions some wetlands provide. Wetlands occur naturally on every continent. The water in wetlands is either freshwater, brackish or saltwater. The main wetland typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakaznik
Zakaznik (russian: зака́зник, зака́зники, transliterated: ''zakaznik, zakazniki''; uk, singular: заказни́к or зака́зник; plural: заказники́ or зака́зники, transliterated: ''zakaznyk'', ''zakaznyky''; Belarusian: заказнік, заказнікі, transliterated: zakaznik, zakazniki) is a type of protected area in former Soviet republics such as Belarus, Russia, Ukraine that meets World Conservation Union's ( IUCN) category IV, or more frequently category VI criteria. Many zakazniks have traditionally been managed as game reserves. Some protect complex ecosystems, colonies of birds, or populations of rare plants. They range in size from 0.5 ha to 6,000,000 ha. In other words, it is nature reserve notion. Zakazniks are the areas where temporary or permanent limitations are placed upon certain on-site economic activities, such as logging, mining, grazing, hunting, etc. They correspond to ''sanctuary'' in UNESCO World Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakhta, Saint Petersburg
Lakhta (russian: Ла́хта; fi, Lahti) is a historical area in Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug of St. Petersburg, Russia, situated west of Lake Lakhta (hence the name). It was formerly owned by Peter the Great, Count Grigory Orlov, and Count Stenbock-Fermor (whose 19th-century residence survives). The Lakhta railway station of the Primorsky Railway connects Lakhta to Central Saint Petersburg. The historical area of Olgino lies south-west of Lakhta. History Death of Peter the Great In the early 18th century, Peter the Great had a residence in the area called Blizhniye Dubki. According to tradition, in November 1724 Peter was in a ship in the Gulf of Finland near Lakhta to inspect some ironworks. He saw a group of soldiers drowning not far from shore, and, wading out into near-waist deep water, came to their rescue. This icy water rescue is said to have exacerbated Peter's bladder problems and caused his death on January 28, 1725. The event was commemorated in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
