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Minusinsk Basin

Yenisey River

Minusinsk Basin is located in Continental Asia

Minusinsk Basin

Minusinsk Basin

Minusinsk Basin is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai

Minusinsk Basin

Minusinsk Basin

Minusinsk Basin is located in Russia

Minusinsk Basin

Minusinsk Basin

Coordinates: 54°00′N 91°30′E / 54°N 91.5°E

Minusinsk Basin or Khakass-Minusinsk Basin (Russian: Минусинская (Хакасско-Минусинская) котловина, Minusinskaya (Chakassko-Minusinskaya) kotlovina) is in Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located among mountains of South Siberia.

It is bounded on the west by Kuznetsk Alatau, and east by the Sayan Mountains. See Geography of South-Central Siberia. Elevation varies between 200–700 m, constituting a plain with sparse hillocks and cut by valleys.[1][2]

The Yenisey River and its major tributaries Abakan, Oia (Russian: Оя) and Tuba flow through the valley. Its major towns are Minusinsk and Abakan. The hollow has a large number of lakes, including saltwater ones. The depression is an important agricultural area; it also has coal deposits (Minusinsk Coal Basin).[1]

Minusinsk Basin early archaeological cultures.[3]
  1. ^ a b "Minusinsk Basin", an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Minusinsk Basin" (in Russian)
  3. ^ Svyatko, Svetlana V; Mallory, James P; Murphy, Eileen M; Polyakov, Andrey V; Reimer, Paula J; Schulting, Rick J (2009). "New Radiocarbon Dates and a Review of the Chronology of Prehistoric Populations from the Minusinsk Basin, Southern Siberia, Russia" (PDF). Radiocarbon. 51 (1): 243–273. Bibcode:2009Radcb..51..243S. doi:10.1017/S0033822200033798.
  4. ^ Coordinates: 54°36′24″N 90°57′50″E / 54.606577°N 90.963965°E