A cycle of films about physical and geographical countries. So scientists call dissimilar territories that were formed during the geological history of the Earth. There are thirteen of them in Russia. Each has its own geological structure, relief features, and hence the special natural conditions that determine its originality.
The West Siberian Plain is located in northern Asia, east of the Ural Mountains. The length from north to south is 2500 km, from west to east up to 2000 km. The area is about 3 million sq. km.
Western Siberia is thousands of kilometers of flat, forested land crossed by mighty smooth-flowing rivers. Composed of sedimentary Paleozoic rocks, the plain is the main source of oil and gas in Russia.
Human economic success often has a detrimental effect on wildlife. And some species are on the verge of extinction.
At the end of summer, a group of ornithologists brought several large beautiful birds to the lower reaches of the Ob River. This is a white crane - Siberian Crane. Now, in all of Western Siberia, only about twenty of these birds remain in the wild. Scientists are working to restore this population.
15 авг 2021
