East Siberian Lowland

East Siberian Lowland
Восточно-Сибирская низменность
Tundra in the Ust-Yansky District.
Tundra in the Ust-Yansky District.
East Siberian Lowland is located in Far Eastern Federal District
East Siberian Lowland
East Siberian Lowland (Far Eastern Federal District)
Coordinates: 72°N 149°E / 72°N 149°E / 72; 149
LocationYakutia, Russia
Part ofSiberia
Area
 • Total1,100,000 km2 (420,000 sq mi)
Elevation0 meters (0 ft) to 100 meters (330 ft) on the plain

The East Siberian Lowland (Russian: Восточно-Сибирская низменность, romanizedVostochno-Sibirskaya nizmennost),[1] also known as Yana-Kolyma Lowland (Russian: Яно-Колымская низменность, romanizedYano-Kolymskaya nizmennost),[2] is a vast plain in North-eastern Siberia, Russia.[3] The territory of the lowland is one of the Great Russian Regions. Administratively, it is a part of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

Owing to the harshness of the climate the East Siberian Lowland is largely unpopulated. Inhabited centers are small and widely scattered. Andryushkino, Argakhtakh, Chokurdakh, Nizhneyansk, Olenegorsk, Russkoye Ustye, Srednekolymsk, and Zyryanka are among the few towns in the area.[4]

  1. ^ Sea basins and land of the East Siberian Lowland
  2. ^ Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16
  3. ^ Yana-Indigirka and Kolyma lowlands (physical map, scale 1: 2 500 000) // National Atlas of Russia . - M .: Roskartografiya, 2004. - T. 1. - S. 260—261. - 496 p. - ISBN 5-85120-217-3
  4. ^ Google Earth