Western Siberia
Western Siberia or West Siberia (Russian: Западная Сибирь) is a part of Siberia. The area of the region is 2.5 million square kilometres. Nearly 80% of the Western Siberia's area is located within the West Siberian Plain. The largest rivers of the region is the Irtysh and the Obi.[1]
Major cities
The most populous city of Western Siberia is the city of Novosibirsk. Other major cities include:
- Omsk[2]
- Tyumen
- Barnaul
- Tomsk
- Kemerovo
- Novokuznetsk
- Kurgan
- Pavlodar
- Petropavlovsk
- Semipalatinsk[2]
- Ust-Kamenogorsk[2]
References
- ↑ "Western Siberia". Geographical encyclopedia.
- 1 2 3 С. Р. Муратова. "На страже рубежей Сибири".
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