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Ob Plateau
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The Ob Plateau (Russian: Приобское плато, Priobskoye Plato), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it falls within Altai Krai and Novosibirsk Oblast, Siberian Federal District, Russia. The plateau is named after the Ob River and is part of its basin.[2][3]
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Ob Plateau | |
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Приобское плато | |
![]() NASA satellite image showing the straight and parallel ravines of glacial origin | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Unnamed |
Elevation | 321 m (1,053 ft)[1] |
Geography | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Altai Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast |
Range coordinates | 53°30′N 81°0′E |
Parent range | West Siberian Plain |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Quaternary |
Type of rock | Loess-like loam, sand |
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Most of the territory of the plateau has been agriculturally developed, yielding grain crops as well as industrial crops. The Kulunda Main Canal, built at the time of the USSR, runs in a roughly southwest/northeast direction across the plateau.[4][5]