Why didn’t Western Siberia capture the surroundings mountains to protect itself from invaders???
gatosaurio on
It might be because of the siberian traps. For like a million years that was a sea of lava, so probably difficult to keep anything elevated
miniFrothuss on
Almost no one lives there yet. The population density north of Tyumen is less than 1 person per km².
Tuguar on
Proud home of the Vasyugan swamps, one of the largest swamps in the world!
stroma_ru on
Wonder if there’s oil or gas reserves in that region? Maybe they are in need of some democracy?
VRSVLVS on
So, basically the Netherlands, but bigger and with less people.
Netmould on
And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Traps to the right, a supermassive blob of volcanic rocks. “Siberian Traps are believed to be the primary cause of the Permian–Triassic extinction event – the eruptions continued for roughly two million years”.
Kronephon on
is this good for agriculture at all?
kamogrjadeshi on
Definitely, finally, it should be a distinct country
ZeroRegretMarine on
Climate change is going to be positive for northern counrtries.
jops55 on
So flood it and cut them off then 🙂
ParmAxolotl on
Almost as flat as Florida!
Seriously, is *anywhere* as flat as Florida? The highest natural elevation in the state is only 105m (and is basically in Alabama) and the most prominent peak is only 60m.
gustinnian on
Full to the brim with carnivorous insects. 1920s photos of map surveyors / explorers in full beekeeping gear just to survive the clouds of midges. Avoid in summer.
-Lelixandre on
Random irrelevant fact but this region is not considered “Siberia” in Russia itself, nor is the Pacific coast. Siberia is just the central region of what we call that name and actually the purple line on the right is its east border.
Tzimbalo on
Looks like Kazakstan could pull a suprice attack and cut Russia in two if hostilities ever came between them….
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Why didn’t Western Siberia capture the surroundings mountains to protect itself from invaders???
It might be because of the siberian traps. For like a million years that was a sea of lava, so probably difficult to keep anything elevated
Almost no one lives there yet. The population density north of Tyumen is less than 1 person per km².
Proud home of the Vasyugan swamps, one of the largest swamps in the world!
Wonder if there’s oil or gas reserves in that region? Maybe they are in need of some democracy?
So, basically the Netherlands, but bigger and with less people.
And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Traps to the right, a supermassive blob of volcanic rocks. “Siberian Traps are believed to be the primary cause of the Permian–Triassic extinction event – the eruptions continued for roughly two million years”.
is this good for agriculture at all?
Definitely, finally, it should be a distinct country
Climate change is going to be positive for northern counrtries.
So flood it and cut them off then 🙂
Almost as flat as Florida!
Seriously, is *anywhere* as flat as Florida? The highest natural elevation in the state is only 105m (and is basically in Alabama) and the most prominent peak is only 60m.
Full to the brim with carnivorous insects. 1920s photos of map surveyors / explorers in full beekeeping gear just to survive the clouds of midges. Avoid in summer.
Random irrelevant fact but this region is not considered “Siberia” in Russia itself, nor is the Pacific coast. Siberia is just the central region of what we call that name and actually the purple line on the right is its east border.
Looks like Kazakstan could pull a suprice attack and cut Russia in two if hostilities ever came between them….
This is the main ecoregion in the West Siberian Plain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Siberian_taiga. 40% of the ecoregion is wetlands!
Bet it’s windier than Bonnie Bluey’s front door out there
Hahaha funny TNO reference 🤪
I guess the West Siberian Plain is so flat, even pancakes are jealous.
200 meters is as tall as a 60 story skyscraper tho. It’s not that flat.
Those forests must be teeming with the russian bigfoot
Still Russia wants to steal more land.
When the poles are finished melting, those lines may be some pretty nice beaches