The Kazan River flows through tundra and taiga, which is also known as what?
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Kazan River The Kazan River (Inuktitut "Harvaqtuuq", Inuktitut syllabics ᓴᕐᕙᖅᑑᖅ; meaning "strong rapids", "the big drift" or "place of much fast flowing water"), is a Canadian Heritage River located in Nunavut, Canada. The Dene name for the river was Kasba-tue meaning “white partridge river.” The name was apparently changed to Kazan in the late 19th century due to the influence of Order of Mary Immaculate missionaries. The river headwaters are in northern Saskatchewan at Kasba Lake, and it flows north for about 1000 km (621 mi) before emptying into Baker Lake ( ), on the opposite side of the mouth of the Thelon River. Along its course the river flows through several lakes, including Ennadai Lake and Yathkyed Lake, over the Kazan Falls (25 m ), down a red sandstone gorge and through both boreal forest and tundra. It is the last section of the river, below Ennadai Lake, that is above the timber line and is designated a Canadian Heritage River.
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Taiga Taiga ( ; Russian: тайга́ ; ] ; from Turkic) also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches.
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Kazanka River Kazanka or Kazansu (Russian: Каза́нка ; Tatar: Казансу , "Qazansu ", قازانسو ) is a river in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga. The Kazanka begins near the village of Bimeri in Arsk District and flows into the Samara Reservoir in Kazan, near the Kazan Kremlin. Other towns on the Kazanka are Arsk and historical Iske Kazan. The river is 142 km long. The main tributaries are the Iya, Kismes, Shimyakovka and Sula. Historically, the Bulak river flowed into Kazanka until it was separated by a dam in 1957. The maximum river discharge is 299 m3/s , and the minimal mineralization is 400–1000 mg/l. In Tatarstan, Kazanka has a status of a "natural monument".
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Pitsen Pitsen is a forest creature in Siberian Tatars' mythology.
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Pontic–Caspian steppe ThePontic–Caspian steppe, Pontic steppe or Ukrainian steppe is the vast steppeland stretching from the northern shores of the Black Sea (called "Euxeinos Pontos" [Εὔξεινος Πόντος] in antiquity) as far east as the Caspian Sea, from Moldova and western Ukraine across the Southern Federal District and the Volga Federal District of Russia to western Kazakhstan, forming part of the larger Eurasian steppe, adjacent to the Kazakh steppe to the east. It is a part of the Palearctic temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.
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Chita River Chita (Russian: Чита ), locally also called Chitinka (Читинка), is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia. It is 160 km long, and is a tributary of the Ingoda River (in Amur's drainage basin). The river has its sources in the Yablonovy Mountains, and then flows in a south-southwesterly direction, until it joins the Ingoda River in the city of Chita (which has its name from the river).
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Aktay River The Aktay (Russian: Актай ) or Aqtay (Tatar: Актай , "Aqtay " ) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Volga River, falling into the Kuybyshev Reservoir near Izmeri. It is 89 km long, and its drainage basin covers 1016 km2 .
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Byrranga Mountains The Byrranga Mountains (Russian: го́ры Бырра́нга ; "Gory Byrranga") are a mountain range in the middle of the Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia.
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Asian Steppe The Asian Steppe is the Asian part of the Eurasian Steppe. Some scholars wrongly use the term "Asian Steppe" to describe the vast region of steppes of Eurasia. The Pontic Steppe of western Russia and of Ukraine and the steppes of the Hungarian plain are all in Eastern Europe. The Asian Steppe itself includes mainly the Mongolian steppes and the Kazakh steppes. There are three main expanses of the Eurasian Steppe. The western steppe, central steppe and the eastern steppe. The Western Steppe begins near the mouth of the Danube and extends northeast almost to Kazan and then southeast to the southern tip of the Ural Mountains. The Central Steppe or Kazakh Steppe extends from the Urals to Dzungaria. To the south it grades off into semi-desert and desert which is interrupted by two great rivers, the Amu Darya (Oxus) and Syr Darya (Jaxartes) which flow northwest into the Aral Sea and provide irrigation agriculture. The eastern steppe covering the area of present-day Mongolia, was the first home of the Turks, Huns, and the Mongols.
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Gizeldon River The Gizeldon River, also Gizel' don (Russian: Гизельдон , "Gizeljdon"; Ossetian: Джызæлдон , "Džyzældon"), is a river in North Ossetia–Alania just west of Vladikavkaz. It drains the northern slopes and glaciers of Mount Kazbek north to the Terek River. It flows for 81 kilometres. A valley with many cliffs and a 4000 metre peak, the area is prone to avalanches; 30 were reported in 1967-1968. The terrain is described as having "craggy, gashed terrain", with cattle breeding, lumbering, and lead-zinc mining being the principal economic pursuits of the people of the Gizeldon valley. A hydroelectric plant has been built on the Gizeldon River.
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Sulak River The Sulak River (Russian: Сула́к , Сулахъ , "Sulaq" Chechen: Ġoysu ) drains most of the mountainous interior of Dagestan northeast into the Caspian Sea. It and most of its branches flow in canyons. Its main tributaries are, from north to southeast:
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Issyk-Kul Region Issyk-Kul Region (Kyrgyz: Ысык-Көл облусу , "Isıq-Köl oblusu", ىسىق-كۅل وبلاستى; Russian: Иссык-Кульская область , "Issyk-Kuljskaja oblastj") is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (north), Chuy Region (west), Naryn Region (southwest) and Xinjiang, China (southeast). It takes its name from Lake Issyk-Kul ("warm lake"), the second largest saline lake in the world, which never freezes despite its altitude in the Tian Shan mountains.
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Karakum Desert The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara-Gum (Turkmen: Garagum , ; Russian: Караку́мы , "Karakumy"; ] ;), is a desert in Central Asia. Its name means "Black Sand" in Turkic languages, in reference to the dark soil that lies beneath the sandy surface of much of the desert. It occupies about 70 percent, or 350,000 km², of the area of Turkmenistan.
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Charysh River The Charysh River (Russian: Чарыш ) is a 547 km long river in south-western Siberia in Russia, flowing into the left bank of the Ob River. Its source is in the Korgon mountains in the Republic of Altai, then descends into the pre-altaic depression in the Altai Krai, and it flows into the Ob 100 km upstream of the regional capital of Barnaul.
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Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (Russian: о́зеро Байка́л , "Ozero Baykal"; ] ; Buryat: Байгал нуур , Mongolian: Байгал нуур , "Baygal nuur", etymologically meaning, in Mongolian, "the Nature Lake") is a rift lake in Russia, located in southern Siberia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast.
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Ak-Suu River (Chu) The Ak-Suu or Aq-Suu (Kyrgyz: Ак-Суу ] ) is a river running through mostly Moskva District, Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan and Shu District, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan. It takes its rise on the northern slope of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too, and it runs through the Narzan Valley north into the Chuy Valley and through the city of Belovodskoye, which is named after it. It flows into the Chu River in southern Kazakhstan.
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Siberia Siberia ( ; Russian: Сиби́рь , "Sibir'"; ] ) is an extensive geographical region, and by the broadest definition is also known as North Asia. Siberia has historically been a part of Russia since the 17th century.
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Tar River (Kyrgyzstan) The Tar River (Kyrgyz: Тар ) is a river in Kara-Kulja District of Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan. It rises on the south-west slopes of Fergana Range and north slopes of Alay Mountains. The portion of the Tar River from its source to confluence with Eshegart River is known as Kegart, the portion up to mouth of Terek River is called Alaykuu River, downstream its name is Oy-Tal River, and from its confluence with Kara-Bel River it is known as Tar River. By confluence with Kara-Kulja River Tar River forms Kara Darya River.
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West Siberian taiga The West Siberian taiga ecoregion (WWF ID:PA0611) covers the West Siberian Plain in Russia, from the Ural mountains in the west to the Yenisei River in the east, and roughly from 56° N to 66° N latitude. It is a vast, flat lowland region of boreal forests (taiga), 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.
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Barga Mongols The Barga (Mongol: Барга; ) are a subgroup of the Mongol people which gave its name to the Baikal region – "Bargujin-Tukum" (Bargujin Tökhöm) – “the land’s end”, according to the 13th-14th centuries Mongol people’s conception.
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Tanalyk River Tanalyk River (Russian: Таналык ; Bashkir: Таналыҡ , "Tanalıq"), is a river in Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Ural River. The river is 225 km long, and the area of its drainage basin is 4160 km2 . The Tanalyk freezes up in the second half of October through November and remains icebound until April. The town of Baymak is along the Tanalyk River.
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Iskut River The Iskut River is the largest tributary of the Stikine River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, entering it a few miles above its entry into Alaska.