Usinsk, Russia
West Siberian Glacial Lake
The West Siberian Glacial Lake, also known as West Siberian Lake or Mansiyskoe Lake, was a periglacial lake formed when the Arctic Ocean outlets for each of the Ob and Yenisei rivers were blocked by the Barents-Kara Ice Sheet during the Weichselian Glaciation, approximately 80,000 years ago. It was situated on the West Siberian Plain, and at its maximum extent the lake's surface area was more than 750,000 km2 which is more than twice that of the present-day Caspian Sea. It is theorized that because drainage to the Arctic Ocean basin was prevented, the lake would eventually overflow to the Mediterranean Sea through a circuitous route that would include the Aral Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the…
- City
- Usinsk
- Country
- Russia
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- Nature
- Suggested visit
- About 150 minutes
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