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The greatest depths of about 915 m are found in the north-eastern part of the sea. [2] [4] [14] The East Siberian Sea is bound to the south by the East Siberian Lowland, an alluvial plain mainly composed of sediments of marine origin dating back to the time when the whole area was occupied by the Verkhoyansk Sea, an ancient sea at the edge of ...
The temperate forests represent a unique meeting point between the taiga and the subtropics, and are home to species such as the Siberian tiger, Himalayan black bear, Siberian musk deer, wolverine, and sable. [22] Uvs Nuur Basin* Tuva: 2003 769rev; ix, x (natural) This transnational site comprises seven properties in Russia and five in Mongolia.
The Lyakhovsky Islands (Russian: Ляховские острова, romanized: Lyakhovskiye ostrova; Yakut: Ляхов арыылара) are the southernmost group of the New Siberian Islands in the Arctic seas of eastern Russia. The islands are named in honour of Ivan Lyakhov, who explored them in 1773.
Kigilyakh Peninsula, with Mount Kigilyakh and Cape Kigilyakh, Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, New Siberian Islands Kisilyakh Range , part of the Chersky Range [ 2 ] Kisilyakh-Tas , an isolated mountain located in the Kolyma Lowland , roughly 160 kilometres (99 mi) from the coast of the East Siberian Sea , on the right bank of the Alazeya River at 69 ...
Archaeological evidence places the Naukan on the Chukotka Peninsula off the Bering Sea back 2,000 years. They used to live on Big Diomede Island and Cape Dezhnev in the Bering Strait . The Soviet Union relocated Naukan people from their traditional coastal village of Naukan in 1958.
About 100 kilometres (62 mi) before reaching the East Siberian Sea (), the river splits into two major northeast-flowing streams The left (westernmost) arm is known as the Russko-Ustyinskaya Protoka ; the right arm, the Srednyaya Protoka (Russian for the "Middle Arm").
Kotelny Island (Russian: Остров Котельный, romanized: Ostrov Kotelny; Yakut: Олгуйдаах Aрыы, romanized: Olguydaax Arııta) is part of the Anzhu Islands subgroup of the New Siberian Islands located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic.
Zhokhov Island (Russian: Остров Жохова, romanized: Ostrov Zhokhova; Yakut: Жохов Aрыыта, romanized: Joqov Arııta) is an island in the East Siberian Sea, situated 128 km north east of Novaya Sibir Island, the easternmost of the New Siberian Islands.