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Minusinsk Basin
Basin
Yenisey RiverYenisey River
Minusinsk Basin is located in Continental AsiaMinusinsk BasinMinusinsk BasinShow map of Continental AsiaMinusinsk Basin is located in Krasnoyarsk KraiMinusinsk BasinMinusinsk BasinShow map of Krasnoyarsk KraiMinusinsk Basin is located in RussiaMinusinsk BasinMinusinsk BasinShow map of Russia
Coordinates: 54°00′N 91°30′E / 54°N 91.5°E / 54; 91.5

Minusinsk Basin or Khakass-Minusinsk Basin (Russian: Минусинская (Хакасско-Минусинская) котловина, Minusinskaya (Chakassko-Minusinskaya) kotlovina) is in Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located among mountains of South Siberia.

Geography

It is bounded on the west by Kuznetsk Alatau, and east by the Sayan Mountains. See Geography of South-Central Siberia. Elevation varies between 200–700 m, constituting a plain with sparse hillocks and cut by valleys.

The Yenisey River and its major tributaries Abakan, Oia (Russian: Оя ) and Tuba flow through the valley. Its major towns are Minusinsk and Abakan. The hollow has a large number of lakes, including saltwater ones. The depression is an important agricultural area; it also has coal deposits (Minusinsk Coal Basin).

Minusinsk Basin early archaeological cultures.

References

  1. ^ "Minusinsk Basin", an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
  2. "Minusinsk Basin" (in Russian)
  3. Svyatko, Svetlana V; Mallory, James P; Murphy, Eileen M; Polyakov, Andrey V; Reimer, Paula J; Schulting, Rick J (2009). "New Radiocarbon Dates and a Review of the Chronology of Prehistoric Populations from the Minusinsk Basin, Southern Siberia, Russia" (PDF). Radiocarbon. 51 (1): 243–273. Bibcode:2009Radcb..51..243S. doi:10.1017/S0033822200033798.
  4. Coordinates: 54°36′24″N 90°57′50″E / 54.606577°N 90.963965°E / 54.606577; 90.963965


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