North Asia

E23358

North Asia is the vast, sparsely populated northern part of the Asian continent, dominated by Siberia and characterized by its cold climate and extensive forests and tundra.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
subregion of Asia
alsoKnownAs North Asian region
Northern Asia
borders Arctic Ocean
Central Asia
East Asia
Europe
North Pacific Ocean
characterizedBy cold climate
continental climate
polar climate
subarctic climate
climateZone polar zone
subarctic zone
contains Arctic coastal plains
Lake Baikal
Lena River basin
Ob River basin
Russian Far East
Siberia
Ural Mountains (eastern slopes)
Yenisei River basin
continentPartOf Asia
dominantArea Siberia
economicActivity forestry
mining
oil and gas extraction
ecoregionImportance major carbon sink due to boreal forests
geopoliticalStatus mostly within one sovereign state (Russia)
hasBiome boreal forest
mountain ranges
taiga
tundra
hasFeature permafrost
sparsely populated areas
vast plains
hasNaturalResource minerals
natural gas
oil
timber
largestCountryCoveringRegion Russia
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
partOf Russian Federation
populationDensity low
timeZones multiple time zones
vegetationType coniferous forest
mosses and lichens

Referenced by (19)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ("Northeast Asia")
Russia ("Northern Asia")
Siberia ("northern Asia")
Slavs ("Northern Asia")
Soviet period ("Northern Asia")
locatedIn
North Asia ("Northern Asia")
North Asia ("North Asian region")
alsoKnownAs
Avachinsky ("Northeastern Asia")
Yenisei River ("Northern Asia")
region
Slavic languages ("Northern Asia")
areSpokenIn
European Russia ("Asian Russia")
borders
Asia
containsSubregion
Tsardom of Russia ("Northern Asia")
expandedAcross
Eskimo–Aleut languages ("Northeastern Asia")
geographicDistribution
Russian ruble (Empire) ("Northern Asia")
historicalRegion
Siberian musk deer ("Northeast Asia")
nativeTo
Northern Russia ("Asian Russia")
partOf
Russian Empire ("Northern Asia")
territoryIncludes
Cyrillic script ("Northern Asia")
usedInRegion

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