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Western Siberian plain on a satellite map of North Asia Map of the West Siberian Plain showing its subdivisions. The West Siberian Plain (Russian: Западно-Сибирская равнина, romanized: Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina) is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and the Altai Mountains ...
Western Siberia or West Siberia (Russian: Западная Сибирь, IPA: [ˈzapədnəjə sʲɪˈbʲirʲ]; Kazakh: Batys Sıbır, IPA: [bɑˈtə̥s sɘˈbɘr]) is a region in North Asia. It is part of the wider region of Siberia that is mostly located in the Russian Federation , with a Southern part in Kazakhstan .
The only major city in the Western Siberian taiga ecoregion is Yekaterinburg, and that city is in the extreme southwestern corner of the region. Just outside the southern border are the cities of Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Tomsk, and Krasnoyarsk. The city of Surgut is the largest city in the center of the ecoregion. Otherwise, the region is very ...
The areas of the circles indicathe the cities' sizes. The cities include Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, [[:en:Barna: 11:41, 23 June 2006: 974 × 447 (252 KB) Siberiano {{en|Main cities of Siberia with population about 500,000 and more. The areas of the circles indicathe the cities' sizes. The cities include Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Barnaul,
Logging is a significant industry throughout the region. Hydroelectric stations dam the Ob near Novosibirsk and Kamen-na-Obi. The navigable Ob-Irtysh watershed covers most of this area, and the southern part is also criss-crossed by the Trans-Siberian, South Siberian and Turkestan-Siberian rail lines. Agricultural products include wheat, rice ...
Western Siberian plain on a satellite map of North Asia.. The West Siberian petroleum basin (also known as the West Siberian hydrocarbon province or Western Siberian oil basin) is the largest hydrocarbon (petroleum and natural gas) basin in the world covering an area of about 2.2 million km 2, and is also the largest oil and gas producing region in Russia.
About seventy percent of Siberia's people live in cities, mainly in apartments. [106] Many people also live in rural areas, in simple, spacious, log houses. Novosibirsk [107] is the largest city in Siberia, with a population of about 1.6 million. Tobolsk, Tomsk, Tyumen, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, and Omsk are the older, historical centers.
Map of West Siberian Krai, 1931. Capital: Novosibirsk: Area ... Siberia portal; References This page was last edited on 3 ...