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Kamchatka receives up to 2,700 mm (110 in) of precipitation per year. This is much higher than the rest of Eastern Russia, and is due to prevailing westerly winds blowing over the Sea of Japan and picking up moisture that rises as it hits the higher topography of the peninsula, and condenses into rain.
The climate is slightly more continental than the coastal and mountain areas, and is capable of supporting very marginal agriculture, mostly pastoral. [8] The area is overcast much of the time - Kamchatka has one of the highest levels of cloud cover in the world, with precipitation averaging over 15 days per month.
The Kamchatka (Russian: Камча́тка) is the longest river in Kamchatka peninsula, located in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It flows into the Pacific Ocean at the town Ust-Kamchatsk , on the east coast of Kamchatka.
Esso (Russian: Эссо) is a village in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. ... Esso's climate can be classified as subarctic, or Dfc under the Köppen climate classification.
Bystrinsky District (Russian: Быстри́нский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [4] district of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai. It is located in the southern central part of the krai. The area of the district is 23,377 square kilometers (9,026 sq mi). [2]
The climate of Russia is formed under the influence of several determining factors. The enormous size of the country and the remoteness of many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the continental climate , which is prevalent in European and Asian Russia except for the tundra and the extreme southwest.
Ozyornaya (Russian: Озёрная, lit. ' Lake-river ') is a river in the Kamchatka Krai of Russia.It originates in Lake Kurile and flows west to the Sea of Okhotsk. [1]The length of the river is 48 km (30 mi), and the area of the drainage basin is 1,030 km 2 (400 sq mi). [1]
While there is a substantial maritime influence vis-à-vis inland areas of the Russian Far East and even vis-à-vis the Sea of Okhotsk coast, the climate is much colder than the western coasts of Europe and North America on similar latitudes, for instance being 6.9 °C (12.4 °F) colder than Juneau and 8.1 °C (14.6 °F) colder than Oslo.