Vasyugan swamp (7 photos) Bashny.Net

Vasyugan bog - the largest bog in the northern hemisphere and one of the biggest in the world, are located in Western Siberia, between the rivers Ob and Irtysh. The main territory Vasyugan marshes located in the Tomsk region, partly got into the border regions of Novosibirsk and Omsk. The area of ​​wetlands - 53 thousand sq. Kilometers (ie bogs occupy a larger area than Slovakia, Denmark and Switzerland) and continues to increase steadily.



Age Vasyugan marshes determine approximately 10tys.let, and they originally consisted of 19 separate sites. Interestingly, 75% of the modern area were swamped over the past 500 years, and now Vasyugan swamp - a huge area length from west to east - 573 km, from north to south - 320 km, within which are scattered almost 800 thousand large and small lakes and reservoirs! Many small and medium-sized rivers originate precisely Vasyugan swamps.



Where many species of animals and birds, including such rare in our time, as the reindeer, golden eagle, white-tailed eagle, osprey, the gray shrike, peregrine falcon. There are sable and mink, otter and wolverine. Well, of course, a huge number of wild cranberries, blueberries and cloudberries.



Vasyugan marshes - an important element of the global ecology. After all, here under the water surface, there are huge reserves of peat (about 2% of the world), and peat is a kind of a natural filter for the atmosphere of our planet. It connects the free carbon, thus reducing the volume to form carbon dioxide.