"Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University The Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University is a botanic garden in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. It is the only botanic garden in Baikalian Siberia (the Lake Baikal region) and is known as the Irkutsk Botanic Garden. Its mission is ""to protect and enrich the flora of the Lake Baikal area and the world for people through public education, collection, propagation, research, and conservation of plants""."""" The garden is principally an educational and scientific tool for the university and maintains the largest living plant collection in the region (more than 5000 plant taxa),"
"Irkutsk Irkutsk () is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, and one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population:623 869 (2018 Census); The city is located about to the south-east of Krasnoyarsk, and about north of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Irkutsk was named after the Irkut River, whose name was derived from the Buryat word for ""spinning"" and was used as an ethnonym among local tribes as ""Yrkhu"", ""Irkit"", ""Irgit"", and ""Irgyt"". The city was formerly known as ""Yandashsky"" after the local Tuvan chief Yandasha Gorogi. The old spelling of the name of the city"
"Ilek River The Ilek River ( ""Elek"", ) is a steppe river at the southern end of the Ural Mountains. It is a tributary of the Ural River and lies in Orenburg Oblast in Russia and Republic of Kazakhstan. It rises just south of Orsk, flows south a short distance and then flows westward south of and parallel to the Ural River, with many meanders and oxbow lakes, and joins the Ural about west of Orenburg. Two main cities lie on the banks of the Ilek River: Sol-Iletsk and Aqtöbe (alternate spelling: Aktöbe, Aktyubinsk). The Ilek River remains the most"
"is drained by the Angara, which flows north across the province; the outflow rate is controlled by the Irkutsk Dam. The two other major dams on the Irkutsk Oblast's section of the Angara are at Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk; both forming large reservoirs. The Lena has its source in Irkutsk Oblast as well, and flows north-east into the neighboring Sakha Republic. Irkutsk Oblast consists mostly of the hills and broad valleys of the Central Siberian Plateau and of its eastern extension, the Patom Plateau. The climate varies from warm summer continental in the south to continental-subarctic in the northern part (:"
"and joins the Kuta where it turns east. Kuta River The Kuta River is a Siberian river north of Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, that flows into the Lena River at Ust-Kut. With its right tributary, the Kupa River, it forms a ‘T’ shape with the flat head pointing west and the point at Ust-Kut. The river is long and its basin is about . Its source is about above sea level and its mouth, . It flows first west and then south through taiga and swampland. At its juncture with the Kupa, it turns east and flows through"
"Kuta River The Kuta River is a Siberian river north of Lake Baikal in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, that flows into the Lena River at Ust-Kut. With its right tributary, the Kupa River, it forms a ‘T’ shape with the flat head pointing west and the point at Ust-Kut. The river is long and its basin is about . Its source is about above sea level and its mouth, . It flows first west and then south through taiga and swampland. At its juncture with the Kupa, it turns east and flows through a relatively narrow and deep valley to Ust-Kut."
"the flow of the Angara River. Irkutsk is situated in a landscape of rolling hills within the thick taiga that is typical in Eastern Siberia. According to the regional plan, Irkutsk city will be combined with its neighboring industrial towns of Shelekhov and Angarsk to form a metropolitan area with a total population of over a million. Irkutsk originally had a borderline subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification ""Dwc""). Since 2000, the temperatures have resembled a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ""Dwb""). Snow cover disappeared earlier, from late April in the 1930s to late March in the 1980s. Discontinuous permafrost"
"Ilim River Ilim River () is a river in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Angara River. It flows north between and parallel to the Angara and Lena Rivers, and then swings west to join the Angara south of Ust-Ilimsk. The Ust-Ilimsk Dam on the Angara (downstream from the older, bigger, and better known Bratsk Dam), completed in the mid-1970s, not only backs up the Angara, but also the Ilim as far as Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky. The site of the old town of Ilimsk was flooded by the reservoir. The Ilim is long, and its basin covers . The"
"Irtysh River The Irtysh River (, ""Erchis mörön"", ""erchleh"", ""twirl""; ; , Ertis, ه‌رتىس; Chinese: 额尔齐斯河, pinyin: ""É'ěrqísī hé"", Xiao'erjing: عَعَرٿِسِ حْ; Uyghur: إيرتيش, Әртиш, ""Ertish""; , Siberian Tatar: Эйәртеш, ""Eya’rtes’"") is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob River. The river's source lies in the Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern part of Xinjiang, China) close to the border with Mongolia. The Irtysh's main tributaries include the Tobol River, Demyanka River and the Ishim River. The Ob-Irtysh system forms a major drainage basin in Asia, encompassing most of Western Siberia and"
"river freezes up in late October and stays icebound until early May. Its main tributaries are the Kochenga, Tuba, and Chora Rivers. Ilim River Ilim River () is a river in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Angara River. It flows north between and parallel to the Angara and Lena Rivers, and then swings west to join the Angara south of Ust-Ilimsk. The Ust-Ilimsk Dam on the Angara (downstream from the older, bigger, and better known Bratsk Dam), completed in the mid-1970s, not only backs up the Angara, but also the Ilim as far as Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky. The"
"Ob River The Ob River (), also Ob', is a major river in western Siberia, Russia, and is the world's seventh-longest river. It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun Rivers which have their origins in the Altay Mountains. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Yenisei River and the Lena River). The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary. The internationally known name of the river is based on the Russian name ""Обь"" (""Obʹ""). Possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian ""*Hā́p-"", ""river, water"" (compare Vedic"
"the northernmost city of mainland Russia. The present name was assigned to the sea on 27 June 1935 by Decree of the Soviet Government. Before that, the sea had no distinct name was intermixedly called in Russia as ""Indigirskoe"", ""Kolymskoe"", ""Severnoe"" (Northern), ""Sibirskoe"" or ""Ledovitoe"". The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the East Siberian Sea as follows: ""On the West."" The Eastern limit of Laptev Sea [From the Northern extremity of Kotelni Island – through Kotelni Island to Cape Madvejyi. Then through Malyi Island, to Cape Vaguin on Great Liakhov Island. Thence to Cape Sviaroy Noss on the"
"varies widely throughout the year, with July also being the wettest month, when precipitation averages . The driest month is February, when precipitation averages only . Almost all precipitation during the Siberian winter falls as flurry, dry snow. Irkutsk is the administrative center of the oblast and, within the framework of administrative divisions, it also serves as the administrative center of Irkutsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the City of Irkutsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division,"
"Ivankovo Reservoir Ivankovo Reservoir or Ivankovskoye Reservoir (), informally known as the Moscow Sea, is the uppermost reservoir on the Volga River, in Moscow and Tver Oblasts of Russia, located some 130 km north of Moscow. The dam of the reservoir is situated in the town of Dubna. The town of Konakovo is located on its southern coast. The reservoir is connected to the Moskva River by the Moscow Canal, and is the principal fresh water source for the city of Moscow. Its area is , and the area of its drainage basin is . Ivankovo reservoir is covered by"
"a silver tail end, walking along the azure land"", was approved on November 20, 2003 by the decision of the city duma of November 4, 2003. Surgut is twinned with: Surgut Surgut () is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River. It is one of the few cities in Russia to be larger than the capital or the administrative center of its federal subject in terms of population, economic activity, and tourist traffic. Population: 348,643 (2016); The name of the city, according to one tradition, originates from the"
"encouraged. The large Irkutsk Reservoir was built on the Angara River between 1950 and 1959 in order to facilitate industrial development. The Epiphany Cathedral, the governor's palace, a school of medicine, a museum, a military hospital and the crown factories are among the public institutions and buildings. The Aleksandr Kolchak monument, designed by Vyacheslav Klykov, was unveiled in 2004. On July 27, 2004, the Irkutsk Synagogue (1881) was gutted by a conflagration. In December 2016, 74 people in Irkutsk died in a mass methanol poisoning. The city proper lies on the Angara River, a tributary of the Yenisei, below its"
"White Sea The White Sea (, ""Béloye móre""; Karelian and , lit. Dvina Sea; , ""Serako yam"") is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola Peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast. The whole of the White Sea is under Russian sovereignty and considered to be part of the internal waters of Russia. Administratively, it is divided between Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts and the Republic of Karelia. The major port of Arkhangelsk is located on the White Sea. For"
"from Vorkuta to Moscow. The river rises in the Ural Mountains in the south-eastern corner of the Komi Republic. This area is part of the Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve. On the other side of the Urals are the headwaters of the Northern Sosva River. The river flows south, then west and turns north near Yaksha which is the head of navigation for small boats. A portage led south to the Kama River basin. To the east is the upper Vychegda River, a branch of the Northern Dvina. The river flows past Komsomolsk-na-Pechore to Ust-Ilych where the Ilych River joins from the"
"from the Gulf Stream, Murmansk resembles cities of its size across western Russia, with highway and railway access to the rest of Europe, and the northernmost trolleybus system on Earth. Its northern latitude of 68°58'N makes Murmansk 2° north of the Arctic Circle at approximately 66°33'N. Its connectivity contrasts to the isolation of Arctic ports Dikson and Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia on the shores of the Kara Sea and Iqaluit, Nunavut in Canada on Baffin Island's Frobisher Bay off the Labrador Sea. Despite long, snowy winters, Murmansk's climate is moderated by the generally ice-free waters around it. Although there was"
"Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Nizhnyaya Tunguska (, meaning ""Lower Tunguska"") is a river in Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Irkutsk Oblast and the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The river is a right tributary of the Yenisei joining it at Turukhansk (see Siberian River Routes). Settlements on the river include Tura, Yukti and Simenga. The ice-free period on the ""Lower Tunguska"" starts in mid-June and ends in the first half of October. The second largest right tributary of the Yenisei joins it near the town of Turukhansk. According to the character of the stream, constitution of the river's valley and its shores, it"
"Sea of Okhotsk The Sea of Okhotsk (; ) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaido to the south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north. The northeast corner is the Shelikhov Gulf. The sea is named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East. The Sea of Okhotsk covers an area of , with a mean depth of and a maximum depth of . It"
"up to . The presence of deep faults beneath Lake Oron strongly suggest that the lake has a tectonic origin, with a hydrological regime determined more by changes in precipitation than by glacier meltwater. Lake Oron Lake Oron () is a lake located in eastern Irkutsk Oblast (Bodaybinsky District), Russia, in the Kodar Mountains. The lake is connected to the Vitim River via a short waterway. Lake Oron sits at an elevation of above sea level. It is long and wide, with a surface area of and a maximum depth of . The western and eastern slopes of the lake"
"headwaters of the Ural River between Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk and flows east with many meanders past Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast to meet the Tobol River near Zverinogolovskoye (formerly the fort of Ust-Uysk). The gold-mining town of Plast (town) is on its headwaters. At the time of the Bashkir War of 1735-40 it was the eastern end of the Orenburg Line of forts and is now approximately part of the border between Russia and Kazakhstan. The Uy is the southernmost river on the east side of the Urals whose waters ultimately reach the Arctic Ocean. South of the Uy waters run to"
"of methane gas. The peatlands of Western Siberia are the most extensive in the world, covering an area the size of Texas. The ecoregion is centered on the West Siberian Plain, a flat lowland that only ranges from 100 meters to 300 meters above sea level. The western edge of the region is the Urals mountains, and the western half of the region is dominated by the Ob River and its main tributary the Irtysh River. The eastern boundary is traditionally held to the just west of the Yenisei River, which runs south to north, beyond which is the East"
"near Volsk. Bolshoy Irgiz River The Bolshoy Irgiz (, literally Great Irgiz) or Irgiz () is a river in Samara and Saratov Oblast, Russia, the left tributary of the Volga River, south of the Samara River. It is long and the area of its drainage basin is . Its headwaters are at the Obshchy Syrt adjoining the Ural River basin. It flows west and joins the Volga south of Samara. Irgiz's meandering riverbed passes the steppes. The river has snow feeding. The town of Pugachyov is located along the Irgiz. The river flows to the Volgograd Reservoir of the Volga"
"includes part of European Russia. Altogether, 84 percent of Russia's surface water is located east of the Urals in rivers flowing through sparsely populated territory and into the Arctic and Pacific oceans. In contrast, areas with the highest concentrations of population, and therefore the highest demand for water supplies, tend to have the warmest climates and highest rates of evaporation. As a result, densely populated areas such as the Don and Kuban River basins north of the Caucasus have barely adequate (or in some cases inadequate) water resources. Forty of Russia's rivers longer than 1,000 kilometers are east of the"
"warm summers. Precipitation is quite low but is much higher in summer than at other times of the year. Nizhneudinsk Nizhneudinsk () is a town and the administrative center of Nizhneudinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Uda River (Yenisei's basin), northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 39,700 (1970). It was founded in 1648 and granted town status in 1783. Nizhneudinsk was so named to distinguish it from Verkhneudinsk (now Ulan-Ude). Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nizhneudinsk serves as the administrative center of Nizhneudinsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a"
"Bolshoy Irgiz River The Bolshoy Irgiz (, literally Great Irgiz) or Irgiz () is a river in Samara and Saratov Oblast, Russia, the left tributary of the Volga River, south of the Samara River. It is long and the area of its drainage basin is . Its headwaters are at the Obshchy Syrt adjoining the Ural River basin. It flows west and joins the Volga south of Samara. Irgiz's meandering riverbed passes the steppes. The river has snow feeding. The town of Pugachyov is located along the Irgiz. The river flows to the Volgograd Reservoir of the Volga downstream Balakovo,"
"billion dollars, which includes costs of electric power lines. The plant will be built and operated by RusHydro in the Krasnoyarsk region, and the electricity will be channeled to European Russia via a system of power lines. Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Nizhnyaya Tunguska (, meaning ""Lower Tunguska"") is a river in Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Irkutsk Oblast and the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The river is a right tributary of the Yenisei joining it at Turukhansk (see Siberian River Routes). Settlements on the river include Tura, Yukti and Simenga. The ice-free period on the ""Lower Tunguska"" starts in mid-June and ends"
"Rybinsk Reservoir Rybinsk Reservoir (), informally called the Rybinsk Sea, is a water reservoir on the Volga River and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam, located in the Tver, Vologda, and Yaroslavl Oblasts. At the time of its construction, it was the largest man-made body of water on Earth. It is the northernmost point of the Volga. The Volga-Baltic Waterway starts from there. The principal ports are Cherepovets in Vologda Oblast and Vesyegonsk in Tver Oblast. The construction of the dam in Rybinsk started in 1935. The filling of the reservoir started on April 14,"
"Don River The Don () is one of the major Eurasian rivers of Russia and the 5th longest river in Europe. The Don basin is between the Dnieper basin to the west, the Volga basin to the east, and the Oka basin (tributary of the Volga) to the north. The Don rises in the town of Novomoskovsk southeast of Tula (120 km south of Moscow), and flows for a distance of about 1,870 kilometres to the Sea of Azov. From its source, the river first flows southeast to Voronezh, then southwest to its mouth. The main city on the river"
"it to take on water and sink. The platform carried 67 people, of which 14 were initially rescued by the icebreaker Magadan and the tugboat Natftogaz-55. The platform was subcontracted to a company working for the Russian energy giant Gazprom. Sea of Okhotsk The Sea of Okhotsk (; ) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaido to the south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north. The northeast"
"Okhotsk Okhotsk () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Okhotsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located at the mouth of the Okhota River on the Sea of Okhotsk. Population: It was the main Russian base on the Pacific coast from about 1650 to 1860, but lost its importance after the Amur Acquisition in 1860. It is located at the east end of the Siberian River Routes on the Sea of Okhotsk where the Okhota and the Kukhtuy Rivers join to form a poor but usable harbor. In 1639 the Russians first reached the Pacific"