Malozemelskaya Tundra – part of the Pechora Lowlands on the continent, between Chosha Bay – the Indiga River – and the Pechora River on the coast of the Barents Sea, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The relief is homogenous, a moraine plain with few hills, consists of marine and continental sediments, with separate protruding ridges that gradually recede towards the sea. The average height is 40–50 m with a maximum of 182 m (Sopka Tenya-Seda). Permafrost is widespread. There are numerous lakes – the largest being Urdyuzhskoe Lake and Indigskoe Lake – and swamps. The vegetation in the tundra is shrubs and lichen. Among local trades are reindeer herding, fishing, and hunting of fur animals.
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(2017). Malozemelskaya Tundra. In: The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25582-8_130006
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