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The Northern river reversal or Siberian river reversal was an ambitious project to divert the flow of the Northern rivers in the Soviet Union, which "uselessly" drain into the Arctic Ocean, southwards towards the populated agricultural areas of Central Asia, which lack water.
Baikal seals mate in the water towards the end of the pupping season. With a combination of delayed implantation and a nine-month gestation period, the Baikal seals' overall pregnancy is around 11 months. Pregnant females are the only Baikal seals to haul out during the winter. The males tend to stay in the water, under the ice, all winter.
Lake Baikal [a] is a rift lake that is the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast.
By RYAN GORMAN A three-year-old girl remarkably survived nearly two weeks in the Siberian wilderness because her dog took care of and then led rescuers to her. Karina Chiktova went missing July 29 ...
Siberia is also the coldest winters to survive, this includes freezing temperature such as -50 degrees. ... and rose 125 feet above water level. In 1940, the total ...
During World War II, an airfield was built in the district of Aeroport, for the Alaska-Siberian air route, used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front. [11] Oymyakon is located near the historic Road of Bones. [12] Over the last few decades, the population of Oymyakon has shrunk significantly.
The worst hit areas in Russia are just to the south of the Ural Mountains, about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Moscow. Emergencies have been declared in the Orenburg and Kurgan regions of the Urals ...
Temperatures in the world's coldest village have reached near-record lows -- so low, in fact, that a digital thermometer broke as a result. Oymyakon is a remote village in Siberia, and it is ...