Here are some landscape pictures of Khakasia which Tanya and I took back in early June of 2006. It has everything - mountains, foothills, rugged hills and rocky outcroppings and flat land between the hills. No great sweeps of flat land like the prairies, though.
 |
| Horse bands likely belonging to native Khakasians |
 |
| Herefords of Canadian breeding grazing early pasture |
 |
| Cropping is 50:50 summerfallow to conserve moisture |
 |
| with all the salinity problems to go with it |
 |
| Flat plains always end at a ridge of hills, they don't go on forever |
 |
| Small fields among trees and grass |
 |
| Good grazing and rugged hills |
 |
| Light soil, lots of sandy areas |
 |
| Village outside Turim |
So similar to Saskatchewan — flat land, some hills, and petered out mines.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I does look like a beautiful area. I expect the weather is also similar to Saskatchewan.
ReplyDeleteJudging by the size of the trees and landscape I'd say it gets colder than sin there.
ReplyDeleteI'd say it is much more like Montana or Alberta foothills. And since you ask about climate, I just happened to have some slides on the subject. See today's blog for details.
ReplyDelete