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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 southwest Primorye Province in the Russian Far East...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    targeting Amur leopards and tigers to appropriate their kills. In the Sikhote-Alin Reserve, 35% of tiger kills were stolen by bears, with the tigers either...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    (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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Gogland (Struve Arc) Kenozero Lake Baikal Kamchatka Mountains of Altai Sikhote-Alin Uvs Nuur Basin Wrangel Island Putorana Plateau Lena Pillars Dauria The...
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  • Thumbnail for Okhotsk–Manchurian taiga
    west coast of the Okhotsk Sea, and the rugged extension of the northern Sikhote-Alin Mountains that run southwest-to-northeast through the Primorsky and Khabarovsk...
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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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    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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    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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    Far East. The mountainous terrain is located on a southern spur of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, in the upper reaches of the Komarovka River, about 50 km northeast...
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    covers the basin of the Anyuy River, on the west slope of the Central Sikhote-Alin Mountain range in the Russian Far East. The Anyuy flows west into the...
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    Vladimir and Suzdal Historic Centre of Yaroslavl Far Eastern Central Sikhote-Alin Lake Baikal Landscapes of Dauria1 Lena Pillars Volcanoes of Kamchatka...
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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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    arbor-vitae). The plant is native and endemic to a limited area of the Sikhote-Alin mountains in Primorskiy Krai in the Russian Far East. Microbiota is not...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests
    west) on the western slopes of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, and the base of which is the eastern slope of the Sikhote-Alin in Primorsky Krai. The region has...
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