The Baraba steppe or Baraba Lowland (), is a plain in western
Siberia
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.
It is named after
Baraba Tatars, its
indigenous inhabitants.
The Baraba Lowland is an important
Russia
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n agricultural region.
Geography
It stretches for across the
Omsk and
Novosibirsk
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oblasts between the
Irtysh and the
Ob Rivers.
Grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecology), dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other Herbaceo ...
steppe landscapes predominate, as well as
sphagnum
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bogs and
Solonchak grounds, although there are remnants of wooded areas.
Barabinsk is the largest city in the lowland.
Lakes
Chany,
Ubinskoye,
Sartlan,
Tandovo
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Its waters are slightly Saline water, saline. The Sugun Peninsula is a tongue of land projecting into the northern end of the lake from the northea ...
,
Zharagash and
pink lake Krasnovishnevoye are located in the Baraba Lowland.
The
Kulunda Plain extends to the southeast. The border between both areas is not well defined.
See also
*
Kurumbel Steppe
*
Baraba Tatars
References
External links
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Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
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