East Siberian lowlands
The East Siberian Lowland is one of the seven major Russian landscapes of Siberia . It is part of the greater Russian Far East region in northeast Asia .
Geographical location
The extensive lowland, which is located exclusively north of the Arctic Circle and has a U- or V-shaped shape when viewed from above, includes the landscape around the lower reaches of the rivers or streams Jana , Indigirka and Kolyma . The western part is the Jana Indigirka lowland , the eastern part the Kolyma lowland . Together they form the great East Siberian Lowland, which is located south of the coast of the East Siberian Sea and meets the East Siberian Mountains in the west, south and east (including the Verkhoyansk Mountains , Tscherski Mountains , Momagebirge and Jukagiren Plateau , Anjuigebirge ).
Landscape image
The large and swampy East Siberian lowlands were planed and flattened by Ice Age glaciers . The rivers continue to ensure that they continue to shape the landscape dominated by the tundra with the help of their sediments and winter ice masses .
Rivers
The largest rivers of the East Siberian Lowlands are: