Nizina Zachodniosyberyjska – fenomen zatorfień naszej planety

• Published in: Acta geographica Lodziensia no. 100; pp. 179 - 193
• Main Author: Zurek, Slawomir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: Lódz Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe 2012; Lodz Scientific Society; Lódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
• Subjects: Cultural Essay; Political Essay; Societal Essay; peat zones; history of peatland studies; peatlands; the West Siberian Plain; age of peatland

The largest plain of the Earth (2745 thousand km2) is confined by the Ural Mountains, the Kara Sea, the Yenisei River, and uplands with the Altai Mountains to the south. This slightly concave basin with the Ob and Irtysh River valleys has been covered with peatlands with the area of 760 thousand km2...