Vasyugan Plain

West Siberian Plain

The Vasyugan Plain or Vasyuganye (Russian: Васюганье) is the vast area of the Ob-Irtysh interfluve that covers the basin of the Vasyugan river. It is part of the West Siberian Plain and lies within the Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Omsk oblasts of Russia.[1] To the south it transitions into the Baraba Steppe (Baraba Lowland).[2] Most of its territory is occupied the Vasyugan Swamp.[3]

Vasyugan tundra

The nearly circular area around Vasyugan is known as Vasyugan steppe or Vasyugan tundra.[4]

The Vasyugan nature reserve of area 614,803 hectares is in the middle of the plain,[5] established on December 16, 2017.[6] It includes areas of the Vasyugan Swamp.

References

  1. ^ "Васюганье" . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). 1926–1947.
  2. ^ ВАСЮГА́НСКАЯ РАВНИ́НА, Great Russian Encyclopedia
  3. ^ The Great Vasyugan Mire
  4. ^ "Васюганская степь" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
  5. ^ Васюганский
  6. ^ Об учреждении государственного природного заповедника "Васюганский"

57°20′N 75°23′E / 57.34°N 75.39°E / 57.34; 75.39

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