West Siberian
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West Siberian can refer to:
- West Siberian PlainWest Siberian PlainThe West Siberian Plain is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and by the Altay Mountains on the South-East. Much of the plain is poorly drained and consists of some of the world's largest swamps and...
, the world's largest unbroken lowland - West Siberian economic regionWest Siberian economic regionWest Siberian economic region tr.: Zapadno-Sibirsky ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.This vast plain—marshy and thinly populated in the north, hilly in the south—is of growing economic importance, mostly due to the abundance of natural resources: oil, coal, wood, water...
, one of twelve economic regions of Russia - West Siberian Glacial LakeWest Siberian Glacial LakeThe West Siberian Glacial Lake, also known as West Siberian Lake, or Mansiyskoe Lake , was a periglacial lake formed when the Arctic Ocean outlets for each of the Ob and Yenisei rivers were blocked by the Barents-Kara Ice Sheet during the Weichselian Glaciation, approximately 80,000 years ago...
, a periglacial lake formed approximately 80,000 years ago - West Siberian KraiWest Siberian KraiWest Siberian Krai was an early krai of Russian SFSR. By the 1937 All-Union Census, it had population of 6,433,527....
, an early krai of Russian SFSR - West Siberian LaikaWest Siberian LaikaThe West Siberian Laika, also Zapadno-Sibirskaïa Laïka or WSL, is a breed of hunting dog developed by the indigenous people of Northern Ural and West Siberia...
, a hunting dog breed developed by the indigenous people of Northern Ural and West Siberia - Altai gas pipelineAltai gas pipelineThe Altai gas pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline to export natural gas from Russia's Western Siberia to North-Western China.-History:...
, a proposed natural gas pipeline to export natural gas from Russia's Western Siberia to North-Western China.