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The Chara Sands, a small desert zone in Siberia, near the Chara River. The Kodar Mountains are in the background. The Chara (Russian: Ча́ра; Yakut: Чаара, Çaara) is a left tributary of the Olyokma in Eastern Siberia, Russia. It is 851 kilometres (529 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 87,600 square kilometres (33,800 sq mi). [1]
According to Alexey Yablokov, President of the NGO Centre for Russian Environmental Policy, 5–7% redirection of the Ob's water could lead to long-lasting changes in the climate of the Arctic and elsewhere in Russia, and he opposes these changes to the environment affected by Siberian water redirections to the south. Despite the increase in ...
The Chicken Dance is an example of a line dance adopted by the Mod revival during the 1980s. [18] The music video for the 1990 Billy Ray Cyrus song "Achy Breaky Heart" has been credited for launching line dancing into the mainstream. [2] [19] [20] [21] In the 1990s, the hit Spanish dance song "Macarena" inspired a popular line dance. [22]
The Tura (Russian: Тура́; Siberian Tatar: Түрé), also known as Dolgaya (Long River, Russian: Долгая) is a historically important Siberian river which flows eastward from the central Ural Mountains into the Tobol, a part of the Ob basin.
The Tom (Russian: Томь, IPA:; Siberian Tatar: Том; Shor: Том) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob in central Siberia. Its watershed lies within the Republic of Khakassia, Kemerovo Oblast, and Tomsk Oblast. [1] It is 827 kilometres (514 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 62,000 square kilometres (24,000 sq mi). [2]
It is located in Russia, in southwestern Siberia, and occupies 53,000 km 2 (13,000,000 acres), which is about 2% of the whole area of peat bogs of the world. The swamp is located in the Novosibirsk , Omsk , and Tomsk regions of Russia within the watershed of Ob River and Irtysh River , and stretches between latitudes 55°35' and 58°40' North ...
This results in only one or two chicks being able to fledge—the process in which parents teach their young to fly and survive on their own—even though broods may contain up to four chicks.
She also recalls the baracholka (flea market) in Siberia, a weekly swap meet where the people engage in vibrant trade. Besides the hardships of Siberia, other horrid news comes, first that Esther's paternal grandfather was transported to a logging camp in another part of the country where he soon fell ill. His problems are overlooked, not ...