The
Vasyugan Swamp is one of the largest swamps in the world, occupying 53,000 km² of western
SiberiaSiberia , is the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the USSR from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the...
. The swamp is located in the
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,
OmskOmsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia. It has an area of 139,700 km² and a population of with 1.1 million living in Omsk, the administrative center.-Geography:...
,
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oblasts of
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along the left bank of the
Ob RiverThe Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia. It is the country's fourth longest. The Ob River also has the longest estuary in the world.-Names:...
.
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The
Vasyugan Swamp is one of the largest swamps in the world, occupying 53,000 km² of western
SiberiaSiberia , is the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the USSR from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the...
. The swamp is located in the
NovosibirskNovosibirsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Novosibirsk.-Overview:...
,
OmskOmsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southwestern Siberia. It has an area of 139,700 km² and a population of with 1.1 million living in Omsk, the administrative center.-Geography:...
,
TomskTomsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Viktor Kress has been governor of the oblast since 1991....
oblasts of
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
along the left bank of the
Ob RiverThe Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia. It is the country's fourth longest. The Ob River also has the longest estuary in the world.-Names:...
.
The swamp is a major reservoir of
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for the region and several rivers find their sources there.
The swamp is home to a number of
endangered speciesAn endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. Also it could mean that due to deforestation there may be a lack of food and/or water...
which is a concern among local
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s as the production of
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and
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has become a major industry in the region.