Vasyugan Swamp
Vasyugan Swamp are among the most huge swampy areas on the entire planet that are located in Western Siberia. Their surroundings are the rivers Ob and Irtysh. The area of the swamps is 53 thousand km2 , that, for clarity, there are more than some of the not smallest countries.
Vasyugansk swamps formed about 10 thousand years ago, and since their inception there has been a tendency to gradually increase this territory. Moreover, 75% of the total area of the marshy area was swamped less than 500 liters. back.
Vasyugansk swamps solve the problem of fresh water throughout the region. Its territory holds over 800 thousand lakes, as well as a huge number of rivers take their origins in the area. Among them are rivers such as Ava, Demyanka, Kargat and many others.
In the swamps, not small reserves of peat were found. They are excellent protection against the greenhouse effect, delaying carbon. Peat deposits that have already been investigated form a formation of more than 1 billion tons with a maximum depth of 10 meters.
Vassyugansk swamps inhabit many animals, and among them there are quite rare species. Among the rare representatives of a diverse fauna, a reindeer lives here, as well as not a small number of birds – a hedgehog golden eagle, a crowd, a centipede and others. Animals such as red proteins, fast moose, shy partridges, nimble otters, as well as many other famous animals that this area is so suitable for are also quite common.
As for flora, not only the rarest plants were discovered here, but the endangered exhibits. Such porcupines as blueberries, cranberries are quite common in this area.
Plants and animals of modern Vasyugansk swamps are to some extent at risk, since the local territory is used as oil and gas production.
Pollution of this area also occurs as a result of launching missiles from the « Baikonur » station, which pose an environmental risk of wetlands.
