[:ja]ESAの地球観測衛星Sentinel-2Aが撮影した、ロシア・中央シベリア高原北西端の山岳地帯に広がるプトラナ台地です。
プトラナ台地は、ロシアにある玄武岩質の溶岩台地で、台地を形成しているのはシベリア・トラップ（洪水玄武岩）です。台地の中心部は北極圏内100㎞ほど北にあり、プトランスキー国家自然保護区（プトラナ国家自然保護区）が設定されており、タイガやツンドラ、極地砂漠といったほぼ手付かずのまま残された自然が生み出した絶景と、亜北極圏から北極圏までの生態系とに特徴付けられたその範囲が、UNESCOの世界遺産リストに登録されています。また、ここは、トナカイの重要な移動ルートにもなっています。
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参考文献： Putorana Plateau, Siberia (space in images, ESA)
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[Earthview Wonders] No.426: Putorana Plateau of Siberia🇷🇺
ESA’s Sentinel-2A satellite captured Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia.
The Putorana Plateau (Плато Путорана) is a high-lying basalt plateau composed of Siberian Traps, a mountainous area at the northwestern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau. The nearest large settlement is the closed city of Norilsk which is famous for the largest known nickel deposits in the world. In July 2010, the Putorana Nature Reserve, which was set up to protect the world’s largest herd of reindeer and snow sheep, was inscribed on the World Heritage List as “a complete set of subarctic and arctic ecosystems in an isolated mountain range, including pristine taiga, forest tundra, tundra and arctic desert systems, as well as untouched cold-water lake and river systems”.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Putorana Plateau, Siberia (space in images, ESA)
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.426: Putorana Plateau of Siberia🇷🇺
ESA’s Sentinel-2A satellite captured Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia.
The Putorana Plateau (Плато Путорана) is a high-lying basalt plateau composed of Siberian Traps, a mountainous area at the northwestern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau. The nearest large settlement is the closed city of Norilsk which is famous for the largest known nickel deposits in the world. In July 2010, the Putorana Nature Reserve, which was set up to protect the world’s largest herd of reindeer and snow sheep, was inscribed on the World Heritage List as “a complete set of subarctic and arctic ecosystems in an isolated mountain range, including pristine taiga, forest tundra, tundra and arctic desert systems, as well as untouched cold-water lake and river systems”.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Putorana Plateau, Siberia (space in images, ESA)
See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]