TY  - Data
T1  - Vegetation cover of the Western Siberian Plain
A1  - Documentation Information Center
DO  - 10.12389/ariddc.02054
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026-09-17
PB  - Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
AB  - The West Siberian Plain is a vast region of our country distinguished by its unique natural conditions and serving as the arena of economic activity for hundreds of thousands of people. Its natural potential is enormous, including oil and natural gas reserves, rich forest resources, extensive peat deposits, and valuable forage meadows on the floodplains of the Ob and Irtysh rivers. At present, Western Siberia is a priority area for economic development, particularly in connection with the exploitation of oil and gas fields, the construction of large industrial complexes, and the implementation of projects to divert the flow of Siberian rivers southward. The resolutions of the Twenty-Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, as well as decisions of the Party and Government regarding the implementation of the national Food Program, assign great importance to the development of the region's natural wealth.The distinctive natural character of the West Siberian Plain is determined by its geological and geomorphological structure, paleogeography, and modern hydrological and climatic processes. Structurally, the plain is a Late Hercynian platform with a folded pre-Jurassic basement. Its modern relief is dominated by extensive accumulative plains composed of unconsolidated Quaternary deposits (sand, sandy loam, and clay), with relative elevations of about 100 meters. These plains occupy all interfluvial areas of central Western Siberia. Only in the south are there low structural-denudational uplands reaching up to 300 meters in height, including the Vasyugan Upland, the Chulym-Yenisei Upland, and the Ob Plateau. In the central Ob region, low-lying glaciofluvial plains are crossed from west to east by a series of glacial ridges, including the Lyulin Vor and the Siberian Uvaly. Erosional landforms are represented by the valley systems of major rivers such as the Ob, Irtysh, Nazym, Pur, and Taz rivers and their numerous tributaries.The climate of the West Sibe
DB  - EGIDC
UR  - https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/52f40371-dc92-4688-8732-428b62acd0df
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