Map of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Location: North-eastern part of Eurasia
Area: approx. 3.100.000 sq.km.
Population: approx. 950.000 citizens
Capital: Yakutsk, 1632 (appox. 300.000 citizens)
Adjacent Seas: Laptev Sea, East-Siberian Sea
Major Islands: Bolshoy Begichev, New Siberian Islands, Medvezhie/Bear Islands
The northernmost points:
continental – the Cape of Paksa (74ºN)
island – Henrietta Island (77ºN)
The southernmost point: on Stanovoy Range, (55º30ʹS)
Administrative division: 35 regions and uluses
Landscape: 2/3 of the territory is covered by mountains and plateaus
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- boreal zone
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- arctic/tundra zone
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- Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Archipelago)
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- Map of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
The highest point: the Pobeda/Victory Mountain (3003 km).
Major mountain ranges: Verkhoyansky, Momsky, Chekanovskogo, Stanovyi
Climate: Sharply continental
Seasonal amplitude: reaches 101ºC
Major rivers:
Lena (4400 km) (its tributaries – Vitim (1978), Aldan (2273),
Vilyi (2650)), Yana (872), Indigirka (1977),
Kolyma (2600), Olenyok (2270), Anabar (939)
Major Lakes: approx. 710.000 lakes
Bolshoye Tokko (72m deep), Labinkyr (52m), Inkan (61m), etc.
Geographic zones: arctic deserts, arctic/tundra, tundra-taiga, boreal
Fauna of Yakutia:
Amphibians – 4 species
Reptiles – 2
Birds – 291 (48 resident species, 250 nesting species, other – vagrant)
Mammals – 63
Flora of Yakutia:
Vascular plants – 1965 species
Bryophytes – 752
Lichens – 718
Fungi – 923
Algae – 3124