| |
| | Kommersant: Evenk Autonomous Area |
 | | The area borders on Krasnoyarsk Territory in the south and southwest, Irkutsk Region in the south and southeast, Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous Area in the north, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the northeast. |
 | | The East Siberian Plateau in the south, the Putorana Plateau in the center, the ancient Anabara Mountains in the east, the Arctic Byrranga Mountains in the north, intermountain basins, endless expanses of taiga and tundra on the left bank of the Yenisei River, and the Taimyr Lowlands form the topography of the FTZ. |
 | | Bird colonies, polar bear habitats on the shores of Taimyr Lake, the world's largest surface agate-amethyst deposit (Nerangda Lake), the world's largest wild reindeer herd, and a traditional mountain burial ground of shamans are all found in the area. |
| www.kommersant.com /page.asp?id=-23 (1969 words) |
|