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Trans-Baikal Bald Mountain Tundra
The Transbaikal Bald Mountain tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1112) covers the high-altitude peak zones above the treeline in a series of mountain ranges that stretch from the northern reaches of Lake Baikal to the western coastal ranges of the Okhotsk Sea. Floral communities are those of mountain tundra, with bare rock or permafrost under layers of moss and lichen. Because the ecoregion is aligned along a common latitude, it acts as a route for the transmission of species across Siberia. The ecoregion is in the Palearctic realm and the tundra biome. It has an area of . Location and description The ecoregion stretches almost 1,800 km from west to east, forming a patchwork of sections that are mostly above in a series of mountain ranges from Lake Baikal to the Okhotsk Sea. This string of high-altitude zones roughly follows 56 degrees north latitude, and much of the tundra climate is due to altitude zoning. The individual mountain ranges include the Stanovoy Range and the Dzhugd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureya Nature Reserve
(Also: Bureinsky Zapovednik) , iucn_category = , photo = File:Озеро Медвежье.jpg , photo_caption = Bear Lake, Bureya Zapovednik , photo_width=300 , map = Russia , relief = yes , map_caption = Location of Reserve , location = Dusse-Alin, Khabarovsk Krai , nearest_city = Khabarovsk , coordinates = , coords_ref = , area = , established = , website=http://zapbureya.ru/ , governing_body=Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Russia) Bureya Nature Reserve (russian: Буреинский заповедник) is a protected area (Zapovednik) about 200 km northwest of the city of Khabarovsk, in the Verkhnebureinsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, in the Russian Far East. The territory is one of mountain tundra, rivers and lakes, and taiga forests. It includes the headwaters of the left and right tributaries of the Bureya River, part of the lower Amur River basin. The reserve was created in 1987, and covers an area of . Topography The Bureya Reser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subarctic Climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, generally at latitudes from 50° to 70°N, poleward of the humid continental climates. Subarctic or boreal climates are the source regions for the cold air that affects temperate latitudes to the south in winter. These climates represent Köppen climate classification ''Dfc'', ''Dwc'', ''Dsc'', ''Dfd'', ''Dwd'' and ''Dsd''. Description This type of climate offers some of the most extreme seasonal temperature variations found on the planet: in winter, temperatures can drop to below and in summer, the temperature may exceed . However, the summers are short; no more than three months of the year (but at least one month) must have a 24-hour average temperature of at least to fall into this category of climate, and the coldest month should a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecoregions Of Russia
The following is a list of ecoregions in Russia, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF): Terrestrial Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests *Caucasus mixed forests (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey) * Central European mixed forests (Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine) * Crimean Submediterranean forest complex (Russia, Ukraine) * East European forest steppe (Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine) *Manchurian mixed forests ( China, Russia, North Korea, South Korea) * Sarmatic mixed forests (Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Sweden) *South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests (Russia) *Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests (Russia) * West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests (Russia) Temperate coniferous forests *Altai montane forest and forest steppe ( China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia) * Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests ( China, Russia) *Sayan montane conifer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Siberian Taiga
The East Siberian taiga ecoregion, in the Taiga and boreal forests biome, is a very large biogeographic region in eastern Russia. Setting This vast ecoregion is located in the heart of Siberia, stretching over 20° of latitude and 50° of longitude (52° to 72° N, and 80° to 130° E). The climate in the East Siberian taiga is subarctic (the trees growing there are coniferous and deciduous) and displays high continentality, with extremes ranging from to and possibly lower. Winters are long and very cold, but dry, with little snowfall due to the effects of the Siberian anticyclone. Summers are short, but can be quite warm for the northerly location. Precipitation is low, ranging from , decreasing from east to west. The topography of this ecoregion is varied, consisting of wide, flat plains and areas of karst topography. In contrast to the neighbouring West Siberian taiga, large bogs and wetlands are conspicuously absent. Some trees also shed their leaves annually, a charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzhugdzur Nature Reserve
Dzhugdzursky Nature Reserve (russian: Джугджурский заповедник) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict ecological reserve) on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, on the territory of Ayano-Maisky region of the Khabarovsk Territory in the Russian Far East. With over 8,000 km2 of land area and over 500 km2 of marine area, it is the largest of the six nature reserves in Khabarovsk Krai. It supports spawning streams into the Okhotsk Sea for chum, pink salmon and coho salmon. Topography Geographically, Dzhugdzur is in the region known as the "Priokhot'e" ("Against the Okhotsk"), the area on the immediate west and northwest coast of the Okhotsk Sea. The Dzhugdzursky Mountains run from the southwest to the northeast, up the northern coast of the Okhotsk Sea and continuing for some 1,500 km to the northeast. The area is remote, with few settlements or town; the reserve is 1,447 km from the capital city of Khabarovsk. The reserve itself is broken into three secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amur River
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China ( Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long, and has a drainage basin of . ''mizu'' ("water") in Japanese. The name "Amur" may have evolved from a root word for water, coupled with a size modifier for "Big Water". Its ancient Chinese names were ''Yushui'', ''Wanshui'' and ''Heishui'', formed from variants to ''shui'', meaning "water".The fishes of the Amur River:updated check-list and zoogeography'' The modern Chinese name for the river, ''Heilong Jiang'' means "Black Dragon River", while the Manchurian name ''Sahaliyan Ula'', the Mongolian names " Amar mörön " (Cyrillic: Амар мөрөн) originates from the name " Amar " meaning to rest and ''Khar mörön'' (Cyrillic: Хар мөрөн) mean Black River. Course The river rises in the hills in the western part of Northea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureya Range
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Kodar Mountains
The Kodar Mountains ( rus, Кода́р) are a mountain range in the Transbaikal region of Siberia, Russia. The name Kodar is derived from "khada", an Evenki word for rock. The range is part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Kalar and Udokan ranges.Udokan Ore Region / '':'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. Geography The Kodar Mountains are part of the , which range from the northern tip of |
Vitim Nature Reserve
Vitim Nature Reserve (russian: Витимский заповедник) (also Vitimsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) in the mountains 400 km northeast of Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk region of Siberia. It covers the upper reaches of the Vitim River, a left tributary of the Lena River. The reserve protects a wide variety high-altitude, continental climate flora and fauna complexes: larch taiga, cedar thickets, mountain tundra, and sub-alpine meadows of the Delyun-Uran and Kodar Mountains. The reserve is located in the southeast of the Bodaybinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, 150 km east of the regional city of Bodaybo. It was formally established in 1982, and covers . Topography The Vitim Reserve is in rugged mountain terrain with deep river valleys. It ascends from Lake Oron in the west to the top of the Kodar Mountain ridge in the south and east of the reserve. The Vitim River runs along the western border of the reserve. Climate and Ecoregion Vit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzhugdzhur Mountains
The Dzhugdzhur Mountains (russian: Джугджу́р) or Jugjur Mountains, meaning 'big bulge' in Evenki, are a mountain range along the western shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the far east of Siberia. The mountains are quite deserted, the one exception being the gold mines that have operated in the range since the 1920s. Geography To the east the range is bound by the northwest coast of the Sea of Okhotsk. To the northwest the range limits with the Yudoma-Maya Highlands, to the southwest with the Stanovoy Range, to the south with the Dzhagdy Range and to the northeast with the Kolyma Mountains.Google Earth Geology The range was formed by an asymmetrical fold. The southwestern half of the mountains is composed of gneiss and granite from the Precambrian, while the northeast contains Mesozoic shale and limestone as well as Cretaceous and Paleocene igneous rock. Ecology and Climate The coastal stretch of the range is populated by Japanese stone pine and Dahurian l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palearctic Realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Siberian region; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and Arabian Deserts; and Western, Central and East Asia. The Palaearctic realm also has numerous rivers and lakes, forming several freshwater ecoregions. The term 'Palearctic' was first used in the 19th century, and is still in use as the basis for zoogeographic classification. History In an 1858 paper for the ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society'', British zoologist Philip Sclater first identified six terrestrial zoogeographic realms of the world: Palaearctic, Aethiopian/ Afrotropic, Indian/ Indomalayan, Australasian, Nearctic, and Neotropical. The six indicated general groupings of fauna, based on shared biogeography and large-scale geographic barriers to migration. Alfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanovoy Range
The Stanovoy Range (russian: Станово́й хребе́т, ''Stanovoy khrebet''; sah, Сир кура; ), is a mountain range located in the Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District. It is also known as Sükebayatur and Sükhbaatar in Mongolian, or the Stanovoy Mountains, or Outer Khingan Range in English. The range was first studied and scientifically described by Russian researcher Alexander von Middendorff. History The range formed the border between Russia and China from 1689 ( Treaty of Nerchinsk) to 1858 ( Treaty of Aigun). Etymology The Evenks grouped the Dzhugdzhur, Stanovoy, and Yablonoi ranges under the name "Dzhugdzhur". In Evenk folklore this mountain system is known as the "backbone of the Earth". Geography The range runs roughly from west to east at the southern end of the Sakha Republic and the northern limit of Amur Oblast for roughly . It is bound by the Olyokma River in the west and the Uchur River in the east, which separat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
