Western Siberia
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Western Siberia or West Siberia (Russian: Западная Сибирь) is a part of Siberia; geographical region in Central Asia. The area of the region is 2.5 million square kilometres. Nearly 80% of the Western Siberia's area is located within the West Siberian Plain. The largest rivers of the region is the Irtysh and the Obi.[1]
Major cities
The most populous city of Western Siberia is the city of Novosibirsk. Other major cities include:
- Barnaul
- Kemerovo
- Kurgan
- Novokuznetsk
- Omsk[2]
- Pavlodar
- Petropavlovsk
- Semipalatinsk[2]
- Tomsk
- Tyumen
- Ust-Kamenogorsk[2]
