Kuznetsk Depression

Kuznetsk Depression (Template:Langx, Kuznetskaya kotlovina) is located among mountains of South-Central Siberia, including: Kuznetsk Alatau to the Northeast, Salair Ridge to the Southwest, and Mountainous Shoria to the South. It is within Kemerovo Oblast.

Geography

The depression has elevations up to Template:Convert,. It has an area of 70,000 km², with a length of Template:Convert and width of Template:Convert.

It is split by a network of river valleys. The major rivers are the Tom River and Inya River, with other tributaries of Ob River.

The central section has several Mesozoic basalt mountain ridges with heights of Template:Convert. They include Taradanov's Ridge, Saltymakov's Ridge, and the Karakan Mountains.

Economy

The Kuznetsk Depression contains the famous coal-mining Kuznetsk Basin. The main cities in it are Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, and Prokopyevsk.

See also

• Kuznetsk Basin
• Depression (geology)
• Geography of South-Central Siberia
• Minusinsk Depression
• Tuva Depression