Minusinsk Hollow

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.

Minusinsk Basin
Basin
Yenisey River
Minusinsk Basin
Minusinsk Basin
Minusinsk Basin
Coordinates: 54°00′N 91°30′E

Geography

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]

References
  1. "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: 54.606577°N 90.963965°E / 54.606577; 90.963965


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