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  Wikipedia: Lena
Lena (Russian Лена) is a river of Siberia, rising at the height of 1640 m in the Baikal Ridge, 20 km west side of Lake Baikal.
The total length of the river is estimated at 4310 km (2860 m), 3380 km (2100 m.) of which is navigable.
The majority of the researchers believe that the name of the river Lena has been acquired from the original Even-Evenk name Elyu-Ene, which means "the Large River".
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 Sakha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Covers the republic's territory to the west of the Lena River as well as the territories of uluses located on the both sides of the Lena River.
Russians established agriculture in the Lena River basin.
The members of religious groups who were banished to Sakha in the second half of the 19th century began to grow wheat, oats, and potatoes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sakha   (1211 words)

  
 Lena River at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Lena River in Siberia is the 11th longest river in the world and has the the 9th largest watershed.
The Lena has the unusual distinction of appearing to be the longest river in the world when viewed on a map using a Mercator projection, the most common method of displaying the spherical earth on a flat surface, due to that projection's tendency to exaggerate the size of areas near the poles.
river and tributary of the Lena River in eastern Siberia, Russia...
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 Read about Lena River at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Lena River and learn about Lena River here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The total length of the river is estimated at 4,400 km (2,800) m.
The area of the Lena river basin is calculated at 2,500,000 km² (805,000m²).
Gold is washed out of the sands of the Vitim and the Olyokma, and mammoth tusks have been dug out of the delta.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Lena   (402 words)

  
 Rivers of Russia:
Notable rivers of Russia in Europe are the Volga, Don, Kama, Oka and the Northern Dvina, while several other rivers originate in Russia but flow into other countries, such as the Dniepr and the Western Dvina.
In Asia, important rivers are the Ob, Irtysh, Yenisei, Angara, Lena, Amur, Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma.
Rivers that flow into other rivers are ordered by the proximity of their point of confluence to the mouth of the main river, i.e.
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 Physiography (from Lena River) --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
In the middle course, from the mouth of the Vitim to the Aldan, the Lena becomes a large, deep river.
The water supply increases, especially after the junction with the Olyokma River, and the width of the river reaches 1 mile (1.6 km).
From the mouth of the Vitim to the Olyokma, the river skirts the Patom Plateau, on the right bank, forming an enormous bend; the width of the valley increases in places to 20 miles (32 km).
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-47978   (1272 words)

  
 Sakha -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Covers the republic's territory to the west of the (A Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea) Lena River as well as the territories of (additional info and facts about ulus) uluses located on the both sides of the Lena River.
Navigable (A Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea) Lena River (4,310 km), as it moves northward, includes hundreds of small (additional info and facts about tributaries) tributaries located in the (additional info and facts about Verkhoyansk Range) Verkhoyansk Range.
In August of 1638, the (A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation) Moscow Government formed a new administrative unit with the administrative center of Lensky Ostrog, which cemented the town's ascendancy in the territory.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sakha.htm   (1635 words)

  
 Circumpolar Expeditions - Arctic Tours - Russian Travel - Custom Tours
These river valleys are the richest in terms of species diversity, biomass and productivity and often have the main gold deposits.
Over fishing of rivers and over hunting of roe deer, chubak (a species of snow sheep) and other commercial species have led to a drastic decline in populations.
Again, as with the collectivization of reindeer herds, the decline is mainly due to the restructuring and reorientation during the Soviet period.
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 Olyokma -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Olyokma River or Olekma River (Олёкма) is a (A branch that flows into the main stream) tributary of the (A Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea) Lena in eastern (A vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters) Siberia.
The (A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)) river is approximately 1,320 km long.
The Olyokma rises in the south of the (additional info and facts about Yablonovy Mountains) Yablonovy Mountains, west of Mogocha.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ol/olyokma.htm   (95 words)

  
 Yerofey Khabarov -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1632—1641, he reached the (A Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea) Lena river and founded a (The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock) farming (A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it) settlement with saltworks at the mouths of Kuta and Kirenga.
In 1649—1650, Khabarov crossed the (additional info and facts about Olyokma) Olyokma river and reached (An Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk) Amur.
In 1651—1653, he went down the Amur river from the point where the Urka river falls into Amur to the region under the mouth of the (additional info and facts about Ussuri) Ussuri river.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/Y/Ye/Yerofey_Khabarov.htm   (278 words)

  
 Young Water Action Team | Knowledge Base | River Basin Report: Lena River
The Lena is a major river of Russia and one of the longest rivers in the world.
Three main sections form the Lena, each about 900 miles (1,450 km) long: the upper section flows from the source to the Vitim tributary; the middle course from the Vitim to the mouth of the Aldan; and the lower section from the Aldan to the Laptev Sea.
The river\'s upper section flows through a deeply cut valley that gradually widens, becoming a large, deep riverbed in the upper half of the middle course.
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 Read about Sakha at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Sakha and learn about Sakha here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lena River as well as the territories of uluses located on the both sides of the Lena River.
Navigable Lena River (4,310 km), as it moves northward, includes hundreds of small tributaries located in the
The members of religious groups who were banished to Sakha in the second half of the 19th century began to grow wheat, oats, and
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Sakha   (988 words)

  
 lena information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Lena River in Siberia is the 11th longest river in the worldand has the 9th largest watershed.
The Lena has the unusual distinction of appearing to be the longest river in the world when viewed on a map using a Mercator projection, the most common method of displaying thespherical earth on a flat surface, due to that projection's tendency to exaggerate the size of areas near the poles.
The area of the Lena river basin iscalculated at 2,500,000 km² (805,000 sq.
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 lna information,lena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The lna River in Siberia is the 11th longest river in the worldand has the 9th largest watershed.
The lna has the unusual distinction of appearing to be the longest river in the world when viewed on a map using a Mercator projection, the most common method of displaying thespherical earth on a flat surface, due to that projection's tendency to exaggerate the size of areas near the poles.
lna (Russian :Ле́на) is a river of Siberia, rising at the height of 1640 m in the Baikal Ridge, 20 km west side of Lake Baikal.
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 Northern Baikal area - BAM - Где это было          
Just see what great rivers they had to conquer - The Lena, the Amur, The Zeya, the Vitim, the Olyokma, the Selemdzha, the Bureya, and many tens of white- water, wayward, having the fame of indomitable other rivers and creeks.
The railroad traverses 7 mountain ridges: The Baikal, the North Muya, the Udokan, the Kodar, the Olyokma Stanovik, the Turan, and the Dusse-Alin.
Taking into account unimaginable multitude of rivers, creeks, and streams, over which the bridges were erected, there's likely a big portion of truth in these words.
www.sbaikal.pp.ru /eng/bam/geography.html   (1155 words)

  
 Lena River - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The area of the Lena river basin is calculated at 490,000 km².
On the mammoth or fossil elephant, found in the ice, at the mouth of the River Lena, in Siberia: With a lithograph plate of the skeleton
Rivers of life: Biographies of the Allbright, Moore and Rowland families
www.unipedia.info /Lena.html   (412 words)

  
 Welcome To Yakutia! The Lena river
The Lena is one of the ten greatest rivers on the planet.
Some of the Lena's tributaries, such as the Vitim, the Olyokma, the Aldan, and the Vilyuy, are longer than some of the greatest rivers in Europe.
The river is bounded in ice for seven months.
www.yakutiatravel.com /eng/travdir/lena.htm   (178 words)

  
 Economy (from Lena River) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The major navigable tributaries are the Kirenga and Vilyuy on the left bank and the Vitim, Olyokma, and Aldan on the right bank.
More results on "Economy (from Lena River)" when you join.
The Mackenzie River's course runs through northwestern North America for 2,635 miles (4,241 kilometers) from its source in the Rocky Mountains northward to the Arctic Ocean.
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 The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
The Evenks inhabit a huge territory of the Siberian taiga from the River Ob in the west to the Okhotsk Sea in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north, to Manchuria and Sakhalin in the south.
From the Baikal the Tungus began to migrate to the east, to the Amur and the coast of the Okhotsk Sea, to the north, to the river basin of the Lena, and to the northwest, to the river basin of the Yenisey.
When Russian peasants came, the Evenks left the large rivers, the Yenisey, the Lena, the Angara and the Amur, and moved further on.
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 Recent Circumpolar News - March 2002
A crusade is beginning in a Hay River to save an aboriginal language that could die with this generation.
Most youth under the age of 20 do not speak the South Slavey dialect on the Hay River reserve and a gathering is being held to see if people in the community care enough to do something about it.
The corridor is a 250-mile swath of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to the Arctic Ocean.
www.yukoncollege.yk.ca /~agraham/nost202/cpnews_mar02.htm   (12160 words)

  
 Lena River - Gurupedia
See Lenna for a description of the famous image used in digital image processing.
Siberia, rising at the height of 1640 m in the Baikal Ridge, 20 km west side of Lake Baikal.
The total length of the river is estimated at 4310 km (2860
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 Rivers of Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Looking For rivers of russia search.lycos.com - Find rivers of russia and more at Lycos Search.
Chalets and Rooms On the Kenai River drifterslodge.com - In Cooper Landing half way between Seward and Kenai.
rivers of russia in the Free Online Encyclopedia thefreedictionary.com - Read about rivers of russia in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
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Pyange 1940-1985 Lyangar, offing 335 4670 does not reach the 1941-1985 river kashkadaria Vakhsh (Surkhob) - Garm 20000 - r.
Olyokma 1934-1985 Aldan - Ust' - Mil' 269000 - r.
Indigirka 1944-1985 Kolyma - Ust' - Srednekan 99400 - East Siberian Sea 1933-1985 Kolyma - Sredmekolymsk 361000 - East Siberian Sea 1927-1931, 1934-1985 Detrin - offing of river 5630 910 r.
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 Travel East Russia - Republic of Yakutia - Sakha
When the Russians arrived at the end of the 16th century, the Yakuts had settled in the Lena River valley and had smaller settlements along the head waters of the Yana, Indigirka and Kolyma Rivers.
Then the river meanders northeast and is joined by the Vitim River, followed by the Olyokma, Aldan, Aniga and Vilui Rivers before flowing out of a wide delta and into the Arctic Ocean.
Little curlews, hooded cranes and fl storks nest between the Lena and Kolyma Rivers.
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 Olekma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
in the RussianSiberian region of Yakutia Sakha, where a sudden temperature raise hascaused the ice on the rivers Lena, Aldan, Olekma, and Amga to melt,sources in the Emergencies Ministry told Tass on Monday.Fifteen people have died in the flood, the source...
in the north to the upper parts of the Olekma River in the east.
Die 1.436 km lange Olekma (Ol'okma, Olyokma) ist ein Nebenfluss der Lena in Sibirien (Russland, Asien).
enzyklopadie.cc /Olekma   (295 words)

  
 "Institute" IEC SB RAS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Institute's research is closely joined with the activities of the Baikal Experimental-Methodical Seismological Expedition established within the Institute in 1979.
Seismic monitoring is carried out at its 22 stations located in the belt of high seismicity from the East Sayan Ridge to the Olyokma River valley.
As the result of investigations of hydrothermal activity of the Earth's interior in the southern East Siberia and Mongolia, maps of heat flow have been compiled; temperature cross-sections have been constructed for different crustal horizons; the gas hydrates have been revealed in the Lake Baikal sediments from the available geothermal data.
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 Mystic River Iriver   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 biology - Lena River
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The delta is frozen tundra for about 7 months of the year, but in May transforms the region into a lush wetland for the remainder of the year.
Information and a map of the Lena's watershed
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