Chukchi Highlands - the edge of mountain hills and deep-water lakes

The unexplored and harsh Chukotka region inexplicably attracts and fascinates. Indifferent to it can not be treated. Whoever has ever visited those lands, will never forget her greatness. The Chukchi highlands evoke strong emotions, leave vivid impressions in memory and overturn the spatial parameters that determine the rules of life. The appearance of this region was formed in the Quaternary period.

Until now, the pristine landscape has been preserved here: the unique expanse of lowlands, the relief outlines of archipelagoes and the coast. The Chukchi highlands attract experts more and more with historical and natural structures. In the last few years, scientific research in the field of tourism and recreation has been actively conducted. The tourism industry is developing fruitfully: ski, water, extreme and adventure tours, as well as hunting, fishing and bathing in hot mineral springs.

Climate

Despite the harsh climatic conditions, people continue to admire the Chukotka district. Almost all 9 months of the year there are heavy snowfalls and the strongest winds are raging. Frosty winter with a temperature of -30 ^о С differs Chukchi highlands. The climate here is subarctic.

In the summer it is cold in the region, heavy rains are constantly falling, sometimes snow falls. Regardless of the time of year, snowstorms are buzzing and frosts are cracking. The constant permafrost is explained by the fusion of two oceans with different atmospheric circulation. The autonomous district is characterized by the sharpest climatic conditions (few sunny days, strong winds, hurricanes, storms).

Chukchi landscapes

Primordial virgin beauty is admired by the Chukchi highlands. The nature here is truly unique and beckons with chozenia groves, stone kekury (rocks looking out from under the watery surface) and hot springs. Infinitely for a long time you can admire the polar lights and the migration of whales. The region is distinguished by relict ice: ice veins, strata deposits and stone glaciers - large underground ice.

Often archaeologists in the course of excavations discover the oldest remnants of glaciers and cave blocks. Another feature of the Chukchi Territory is the shelf seas, which are valuable natural resources. The coldest is the East Siberian Sea, the water in which rarely rises to a mark of +2 ° C. The Bering Sea is warm .

The region's decoration can be called the Anadyr River and Lake Krasnoe, Pekulneyskoe and the crater lake Elgygytgyn. In the valleys of rivers on the talic sites, shrubs of willows, alders, fragrant poplar and birch grow. They are found mainly near the Anadyr basin. The Chukchi Highlands are characterized by several important factors - a relief cut by through valleys, and deep-sea seas (the Arctic and Pacific oceans).

Animal and plant life

The extreme climate did not become an obstacle to the life and development of flora and fauna. There are more than 900 plants on the territory of the Chukotka Peninsula. Grow in the Chukchi land bushes of cranberries, blueberries, cedar elfin, alder. In the river valley, you can find black and red currants, birch, Dahurian larch. The flora of the northern site boasts a variety of lichens (more than 400 species).

The Chukchi Upland is famous for its unique fauna. Animals that are listed in the Red Book, such as a polar bear, a snow sheep, and 24 species of birds and sea inhabitants (blue and gray whales, fin whale, minke, and narwhal) are found in local forests. The land is rich in ermine, sable, Arctic fox, reindeer, wolf, mink and others. Dwell in the area delicious birds (tundra ptarmigans, swans, ducks, guillemots, gulls) and insects (midges, mosquitoes, horseflies).

The Bering Sea is full of different kinds of fish, as well as shrimps, crabs and shellfish. In reservoirs there are burbot, salmon, smelt, pike and so on. In the area there are natural reserves: Tundrovy, Wrangel Island, Omolonskiy, Avtotkuul, Beringia, Chaunskaya Bay.

Conclusion

The Chukchi highland is the land of permafrost. The district is interesting with its natural resources, as well as tourist orientation. Previous governor Abramovich significantly ennobled the mountainous lowland, having built on it an entertainment center and a museum with archaeological, ethnographic, paleontological and mineralogical collections.

The current authorities in the person of Kopin Roman are actively engaged in the social sphere: health care, education and social support. Both leaders made the maximum contribution to the development of the ChAO. Of course, while the region is unsuitable for tourist recreation, but still ahead ...