Uimon steppe
The Uimon Steppe ( Russian Уймонская степь Uimonskaja step ) is a plateau with steppe-like vegetation in the southwest of the Russian part of the Altai , in the southwest of Siberia .
The Uimon steppe has an east-west extension of 35 km and a width in north-south direction of 10 to 12 km. It lies at an altitude of about 900 m. The plain is traversed by the left Ob source river Katun . The Katun ridge ( Katunski chrebet ) rises to the south , the highest mountain range in the Altai with the 4506 m high Belucha ; north of the plain is the Terekta ridge ( Terektinski chrebet ).
Administratively, the area belongs to the Ust-Koksa Raion of the Altai Republic . The Ust-Koksa administrative center is the largest settlement in the Uimon steppe.
literature
- B. Vvedensky et al: Bolshaya sovetskaya enziklopedija: Tom 44 . Isd-wo Bolschaja sovetskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1956, p. 59 (Russian)
- W. Molodawkin: Gorny Altai. Putewoditel. Ajaks-press, Moscow 2007, p. 82. ISBN 978-5-94161-159-1 (Russian)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ' N , 85 ° 48' E