Eastern Siberia

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Eastern Siberia is the vast, sparsely populated eastern part of Siberia in Russia, known for its extreme climate, extensive taiga and tundra landscapes, and rich natural resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
region of Russia
borders Arctic Ocean
Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East

Western Siberia
contains Aldan River
Central Siberian Plateau areas
surface form: Central Siberian Plateau

Kolyma River
Lake Baikal
Lena River
Siberian taiga
Verkhoyansk Range
Yenisei River
country Russia
economicActivity forestry
mining
oil and gas extraction
hasCharacteristic extreme climate
sparsely populated
vast area
hasClimate arctic climate
subarctic climate
hasLandscape mountain ranges
taiga
tundra
hasNaturalResource coal
diamonds
gold
natural gas
non-ferrous metals
oil
timber
includes Buryatia
Irkutsk Oblast
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
surface form: Krasnoyarsk Krai

Sakha Republic
Tuva Republic
Zabaykalsky Krai
indigenousPeople Buryats
Evenks
Sakha (Yakut) people
surface form: Yakuts
knownFor indigenous peoples
permafrost
remote settlements
very low winter temperatures
locatedIn Asian part of Russia
locatedOnContinent Asia
partOf Siberia
timeZoneIncludes Irkutsk Time
Vladivostok Time (VLAT)
surface form: Vladivostok Time

Yakutsk Time

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Barguzin River locatedIn Eastern Siberia
Pyrus ussuriensis nativeTo Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: eastern Russia
Evenki language region Eastern Siberia
Even language spokenIn Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: northeastern Siberia
Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force operatedIn Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: Trans-Siberian Railway region
Irkutsk locatedIn Eastern Siberia
Irkutsk isCulturalCenterOf Eastern Siberia
Angara River region Eastern Siberia
Upper Angara River region Eastern Siberia
Yakutsk region locatedIn Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: northeastern Siberia
Divnogorsk locatedInRegion Eastern Siberia
Stanovoy Highlands locatedIn Eastern Siberia
Snezhnaya River locatedIn Eastern Siberia
Ust-Kut region (approximate) partOf Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: East Siberia
Transbaikal locatedIn Eastern Siberia
Chersky Range locatedIn Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: Northeastern Siberia
Stanovoy Range locatedIn Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: eastern Siberia
Okhotsky District locatedInRegion Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: northeastern Siberia
Yana-Indigirka Lowland region locatedIn Eastern Siberia
subject surface form: Yana-Indigirka Lowland
this entity surface form: northeastern Siberia
Verkhoyansky District locatedIn Eastern Siberia
Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 location Eastern Siberia
this entity surface form: Northeastern Siberia