Kolyma Lowland

The Kolyma lowland (in Russian Колымская низменность ) is the eastern part of the East Siberian lowland in the north- east of the Republic of Sakha ( Yakutia ) and Russia (Asia ); the western part is the Jana - Indigirka lowlands.

Geographical location

The remote Kolyma lowland lies mostly north of the Arctic Circle. It is located south of the East Siberian Sea ( part of the Arctic Ocean ) between the Anjuigebirge in the east, the Jukagirenplateau the southeast and south, the Alaseja Plateau in the south-west and west to the other side of it located Momagebirge abuts the southeast part also to the lowlands. North of the Alaseja Plateau borders the lowlands to the Ulachan - Sis - back with the east anschließenenden it Suor - Ujata - back who encounter coming as an elongated spur of the Indigirka in west-east direction in the lowlands, the Kondakov Plateau and the Indigirka Delta, which is the North West final of the lowlands and directs the western Jana Indigirka lowlands. Between Jukagirenplateau and Momagebirge the southern slopes of the lowlands along the Kolyma flowing from the south reaches out toward the south over the Arctic Circle.

In addition to the current system of the east flowing Kolyma lowland contains, for example, the current systems running in the West Alaseja and located in the north Sundrun. In addition, among other things also flow the Great Tschukotschja that Jassatschnaja and the Large and Small Anjui that combines in her short muzzle flow Anjui the Kolyma strive, through the lowlands.

Geology, landscape and climate

The average height of the Kolyma Lowland is 100 m, and in some places there are elevations of 200 to 300 m altitude. The thermal karst soil, a typical land -forming process in subarctic regions with thawing permafrost, consists of sediments in lakes and rivers, such as loam and sandy loam, which are approximately 120 m thick. In addition to the many lakes, the largest being Ilirgytkin and Mogotoewo, there are many swamps. The waters are usually covered by late September or early October to late May or early June of ice. If in the summer melt ice and snow and thaw for the frozen soil, it comes in the lowlands to serious flooding.

Flora and Fauna

In the south of the Kolyma lowland there are wetlands sparse forests, mostly consisting of larch. Beyond 69 ° north latitude is the forest and shrub tundra represented. Due to the lowlands wander reindeer.

Towns

The Kolyma Lowland is very sparsely populated, with the few villages usually located on rivers or the sea; the most important are the location of the Kolyma Syrjanka and Srednekolymsk and the Alaseja are Argachtach and Andruskino.