Putorana Plateau

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The Putorana Plateau is a remote basalt plateau in northern Siberia known for its dramatic canyons, countless lakes and waterfalls, and largely untouched Arctic and subarctic ecosystems recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Putorana Plateau canonical 5
Putorana Mountains 1
Putorana Plateau (northern part) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
basalt plateau ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
accessibility remote and difficult to access ⓘ
biodiversityImportance habitat for Arctic and subarctic species ⓘ
important area for wild reindeer ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
drainage Khatanga River basin ⓘ
Lena River basin ⓘ
Yenisei River basin ⓘ
ecosystemStatus largely untouched ⓘ
ecosystemType Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

subarctic ⓘ
geologicalOrigin Siberian Traps large igneous province ⓘ
hasFeature deep canyons ⓘ
many waterfalls ⓘ
numerous lakes ⓘ
plateau valleys ⓘ
steep escarpments ⓘ
table mountains ⓘ
hasLake Lake Keta ⓘ
Lake Khantayskoye ⓘ
Lake Lama ⓘ
Lake Vivi ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Kamen ⓘ
highestPointElevation_m 1701 ⓘ
humanPopulationDensity very low ⓘ
knownFor countless lakes ⓘ
dramatic canyons ⓘ
intact Arctic and subarctic ecosystems ⓘ
numerous waterfalls ⓘ
remote wilderness ⓘ
locatedIn Krasnoyarsk Krai ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
northern Siberia ⓘ
partOf Central Siberian Plateau ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus Putoransky State Nature Reserve ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
rockType basalt ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Natural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageId 1234 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 2010 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krasnoyarsk Krai → contains → Putorana Plateau ⓘ
subject linked to: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Pyasina River → sourceRegion → Putorana Plateau ⓘ
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District → contains → Putorana Plateau (northern part) ⓘ
linked to: Putorana Plateau
Central Siberian Plateau → borderedBy → Putorana Mountains ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Siberian Plateau areas
linked to: Putorana Plateau
World Heritage Sites in Russia → hasExample → Putorana Plateau ⓘ
Putoransky State Nature Reserve → locatedIn → Putorana Plateau ⓘ
Putoransky State Nature Reserve → partOf → Putorana Plateau lake system ⓘ
linked to: Putorana Plateau