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    The Sikhote-Alin (Russian: Сихотэ́-Али́нь, Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪxɐˈtɛ ɐˈlʲinʲ], English: /ˈsiːkəˌteɪ əˈliːn/, SEE-kə-TAY ə-LEEN) is a mountain range...
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    In southeastern Russia, an iron meteorite fell on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in 1947. Large iron meteorite falls have been witnessed, and fragments have...
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    ranged throughout the Korean Peninsula, but currently inhabits mainly the Sikhote-Alin mountain region in south-west Primorye Province in the Russian Far East...
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    federal subjects Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai and contains the Sikhote-Alin mountain range. Found within the Russian Federation, this area is one...
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    Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve (Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪxɐˈtɛ ɐˈlʲinʲ], English: /ˈsiːkəˌteɪ əˈliːn/, SEE-kə-TAY ə-LEEN) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict...
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  • across the sky are often witnessed from a distance, such as the 1947 Sikhote-Alin meteor and the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, both over Russia. If the bolide...
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    Patomskiy crater, about 830 kilometres (520 mi) to the east-southeast Sikhote-Alin meteorite, 1947 impact Tunguska Nature Reserve, protected area covering...
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    (830 sq mi). In February 1947, another large bolide impacted the Earth in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Soviet Union. It was during daytime hours and was...
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    Pacific ocean to the eaat and share maritime borders with Japan. The Sikhote-Alin mountain range is located here and extends for about 1000 km in a northeast...
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    being a large predator it is able to kill any prey in its habitat. In Sikhote Alin, Ussuri brown bears den mostly in burrows excavated into hillsides, though...
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    Ivan V. (1 June 2016). "Behavior of Brown Bears During Feeding in the Sikhote-Alin". Achievements in the Life Sciences. 10 (1): 38–47. doi:10.1016/j.als...
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    Since 1996, the idea of reintroducing leopards to the south of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range has been discussed by ALTA members. During a workshop...
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    it is forested. The average elevation is about 500 meters (1,640 ft). Sikhote-Alin is a mountainous formation, extending for the most part of the Krai....
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    of Sikhote-Alin)). Vladivostok: Tip. Ekho. The first book of Dersu Uzala trilogy. English translation: Across the Ussuri Kray: Travels in the Sikhote-Alin...
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    (32–38 sq mi) in summer and 81–118 km2 (31–46 sq mi) during monsoon seasons. In Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve, 14 females had home ranges 248–520 km2 (96–201 sq mi)...
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  • Tordoki Yani (category Sikhote-Alin)
    Yani or Tardoki Yani (Russian: Тордоки-Яни) is the highest peak of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains. It is located in the southeast of Khabarovsk Krai to the north...
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    physiographic regions of the Primorsky Krai are Sikotin-Alin (southern-half) and East Manchuria. Sikhote-Alin is a mountain range (maximum elevation: 500–1000...
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    Russia and the southeast region of Northeast China. It rises in the Sikhote-Alin mountain range, flowing north and forming part of the Sino-Russian border...
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    Anik Mountain (category Sikhote-Alin)
    Mountain is third highest peak (after Tordoki Yani and Ko Mountain) of the Sikhote-Alin mountain system. Highest points of Russian Federal subjects List of mountains...
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  • Bo-Dzhausa Mountain (category Sikhote-Alin)
    is a volcanic mountain in Primorsky Krai, Russia, and a part of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range. The nearest inhabited place is the coastal village of...
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  • by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, about his exploration of the Sikhote-Alin region of the Russian Far East over the course of multiple expeditions...
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    about 300 km (190 mi), and they range in age from recent times (e.g. the Sikhote-Alin craters in Russia whose creation was witnessed in 1947) to more than...
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    species collectively comprising roughly 80% of the felid's prey. In Sikhote Alin, a tiger can kill 30–34 boars a year. Studies of tigers in India indicate...
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    has remarkable monsoon forests. The prominent land form here is the Sikhote-Alin range that extends for more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), running parallel...
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    Khatanga Gulf Transbaikal West Amur Basin Yenisey Gulf Yenisey Basin Sikhote-Alin Kolyma Bering Strait Ring of Fire Outer Manchuria Asia–Pacific Southeast...
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    Sikhote-Alin mountains. The Bikin River Valley is also a World Heritage site. The Bikin River flows west down the west slope of the central Sikhote-Alin...
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    parts of Teberda Biosphere Reserve and Sochi National Park); Sikhote-Alin (includes Sikhote-Alin Zapovednik and others territories); Golden Mountains of Altai...
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    Партиза́нск) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on a spur of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, about 170 kilometers (110 mi) east of Vladivostok, the administrative...
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    tributary of the Ussuri. It rises on the western slope of the Northern Sikhote-Alin. The Khor is 453 kilometres (281 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 24...
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    on the coast of the Sea of Japan southwest to the elevated areas of Sikhote Alin crossing it at the sources of the Samarga River. At this point, the boundary...
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