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  2. West Siberian Plain - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. West Siberian taiga - Wikipedia

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    It is a vast, flat lowland region of boreal forests , and wetlands (40% of the region is swamps and bogs), covering an area about 1,800 km west–east, by 1,000 km north–south. [1] Also known as the Siberian Lowlands, the region is a large sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide, both in the forests and boggy peatlands.

  4. Western Siberia - Wikipedia

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    Western Siberia covers an area of 2,500,000 square kilometers (970,000 sq mi), nearly 80% of which is located within the West Siberian Plain. The largest rivers of the region are the Irtysh and the Ob. [1] All major rivers of Western Siberia belong to the Kara Sea basin.

  5. Baraba Steppe - Wikipedia

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    Baraba steppe as seen from the window of the Trans-Siberian railway. The Baraba steppe or Baraba Lowland [1] (Russian: Барабинская низменность), is a plain in western Siberia. [2] It is named after Baraba Tatars, its indigenous inhabitants. The Baraba Lowland is an important Russian agricultural region. [vague]

  6. Geography of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Most of Russia consists of two plains (the East European Plain and the West Siberian Plain), two lowlands (the North Siberian and the Kolyma, in far northeastern Siberia), two plateaus (the Central Siberian Plateau and the Lena Plateau to its east), and a series of mountainous areas mainly concentrated in the extreme northeast or extending ...

  7. Peat - Wikipedia

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    Peat deposits are found in many places around the world, including northern Europe and North America. The North American peat deposits are principally found in Canada and the Northern United States. Some of the world's largest peatlands include the West Siberian Lowland, the Hudson Bay Lowlands and the Mackenzie River Valley. [26]

  8. West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests - Wikipedia

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    The West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests, also known as the Western Siberian hemiboreal forests, is an ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0444) in Russia. It consists of a thin band of mixed forest along the southernmost edge of the West Siberian taiga (coniferous forests) in Western Siberia, and north of the forest steppe belt. The biodiversity of the ...

  9. Category:Plains of Russia - Wikipedia

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    North Siberian Lowland (25 P) W. West Siberian Plain (4 C, 51 P) Pages in category "Plains of Russia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.