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Title: The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901 Leslie, Alexander
Subjects: Vega (Ship)
Publisher: New York, Macmillan and Co.
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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YAKUTSK IN OUR DAYS. (After a recent Russian drawing.) square miles, the Yenisej-Angara, not quite 50,000, and theLena, somewhat over 40,000.^ As the map of the river system 1 In order not to write without due examination about figures whichhave been written about a thousand times before, I have, with the help ofPetermanns map of North and Middle Asia in Stielers Hand-Atlas, cal-culated the extent of the areas of the Siberian rivers, and found themto be :— River area of the Ob (with the Tas)... „ „ „ Yenisej „ ,, ,, Lena,..Of these areas 4,966,000 square kilometres, or about 90,000 geographicalsquare miles, lie south of 60° N.L. Square Geograpliical kilonietres. square miles. .8,445,000 62,560 2,712,000 49,250 2,395,000 43,500 Scale 1:2 o,t)()0,ooo.
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^■ ^f-l-- MS Hap ..f Korth and Middle Asia, in Stielers Hajid-Atliui, VIII.) THE RIVER SYSTEM OF SIBERIA. 283 of Siberia, which accompanies this work, shows, but a small partof these enormous territories lies north of the Arctic Circle, andonly very inconsiderable portions of it are occupied by woodlesstundra, which is explained by the fact that the greater part ofthe coast-land bordering on the Arctic Ocean is drained bysmall rivers of its own, and therefore cannot be considered tobelong to the river territories now in question. If we draw thenorthern boundary of the land that may be cultivated withadvantage at 60° N.L., there remains a cultivable area of90,000 geographical square miles. Perhaps a third part of thisis occupied by rocky country which is wooded, and probablycapable of being cultivated only with considerable difficulty,but the rest consists for the most part of easily cultivatedgrassy plains, with little wood, and covered with the mostluxuriant vegetation. The soil,

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