This section of the site contains our photographs of natural landscapes of the world, including geological formations, relief forms, natural water bodies and vegetation types, as well as some plants and animals, typical to different native zones and geographical regions.
This page contains the list of images of the Sayan Mountains (Eastern
Siberia) nature: natural landscapes, vegetation types and some plants.
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Russia - Asia
Western Sayan Mountains
(South of Eastern Siberia)
Minusinsk intermontane basin
Mixed forest and osier-bed (willow bush) in the foothills
Mixed forest and osier-bed (willow bush) in the foothills
Wild peony (Paeonia anomala L. = Paeonia sibirica Pall.)
Coniferous taiga. Overgrowing fire-site. Western Sayan
Coniferous taiga. Overgrowing fire-site. Western Sayan
Altitude vegetation zones at Sayan Ridge. Coniferous taiga
Altitude vegetation zones at Sayan Ridge. Coniferous taiga
View to the Western Sayan
Place of Alexander Lebed (Krasnoyarsk Region governor) death
(where his helicopter crashed in the mountains)
Place of Alexander Lebed (Krasnoyarsk Region governor) death
(where his helicopter crashed in the mountains)
Rain in the mountains
Yenisei river below Sayan (Saiano)-Shushenskaya dam
Yenisei river below Sayan (Saiano)-Shushenskaya dam
Yenisei river below Sayan (Saiano)-Shushenskaya dam
Sayan (Saiano)-Shushenskaya dam
Sayan (Saiano)-Shushenskaya dam
Shushenskoye museum (Vladimir Lenin banishment village)