Vasyuganye
Coordinates: 57 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ N , 75 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E
The Wassjuganje is a swamp landscape in the West Siberian lowlands in Russia . It lies between the rivers Ob and Irtysh , is the headwaters of the eponymous river Wassyugan and its tributary Chishapka and merges into the Barabasteppe in the south .
In addition, the Ob tributaries Parbig , Parabel (with its source rivers Kjonga and Tschusik ) and Großer Jugan , the Irtysh tributaries Om , Tara , Ui and Demjanka as well as the Kargat, which flows south into the drainless basin of Lake Chany , have theirs in the Wassjuganje swamps Origin.
At the end of 2017, Russia placed 6,000 km² of the swamp under protection as sapovednik .
literature
- M. Kabanow: Bolshoye Wasjuganskoye boloto: Sovrem. sostojanije i rzessy raswitija . Izdat. Inst.Optiki Atmosfery SO RAN, Tomsk 2002, ISBN 5-94458-011-9 . (Russian)
- L. Inischewa: Wasjuganskoje boloto: Prirod. uslowija, structure i funkzionirowanije . ZNTI, Tomsk 2003, ISBN 5-89702-085-X . (Russian)
Web links
- Article Wassjuganje in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Russia founds a new Lake Ladoga National Park and a new Eastern Gulf of Finland Nature Park on the border with Finland. In: wildniseuropa.blogspot.com. January 23, 2018, accessed August 23, 2020 .