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• Altai Mountains
  This region is studded with large lakes, e.g. [[Uvs Lake|Uvs]] 720 m above sea level, [[Khyargas Lake|Khyargas]], [[Dorgon Lake|Dorgon]] and [[Khar Lake ( ...e Altai mountains, where it reached [[Lake Zaisan]] and the [[Irtysh River|Black Irtysh]]. Single individuals were also shot further north, for example clos
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• Dzungaria
  ...ouis|last1=Dupree|first2=Eden|last2=Naby|editor-first=Cyril E.|editor-last=Black|others=Contributor Elizabeth Endicott-West|edition=reprint|year=1994|publis ...Eurasian Corridors of Interconnection: From the South China to the Caspian Sea|editor1-first=Susan M.|editor1-last=Walcott|editor2-first=Corey|editor2-las
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• Ukok Plateau
  ...lude the [[Argali|argali mountain sheep]], the [[steppe eagle]], and the [[black stork]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forests.org/archive/europe/sibsnowl.htm ...ountain is [[Khüiten Peak]] that reaches {{convert|4374|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. This is the second highest peak in Siberia after Belukha Mountain.<r
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• Bayanaul National Park
  ...causing their relatively low current height (from 400 to 1027 meters above sea level). The highest point of Bayanaul is Akbet mountain (1027 m). According Toraygir is the third in size, and the highest above sea level. Its water is not as clear as Jasybay, and therefore it is less popul
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• Vozrozhdeniya Island
  ...Island for short, was an [[List of islands in lakes|island]] in the [[Aral Sea]]. The former island's territory is split between [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Kaza ....php?id=4343 Aral Sea]</ref> Upon the disappearance of the Southeast Aral Sea in 2008, Vozrozhdeniya became technically indistinguishable from the surrou
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• Caspian Sea
  |name = Caspian Sea |image = Caspian Sea from orbit.jpg
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• Silk Road
  ...esearch along the Silk Road, World Scientific}}</ref> to the Mediterranean Sea.<ref>{{Cite book| last= Elisseeff|first= Vadime|title= The Silk Roads: High ...Empire]] than the [[Sino-Roman relations|silk trade with China]], which at sea was conducted mostly through India and on land was handled by numerous inte
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• Leonid Brezhnev
  | 1942–1943: Deputy Head, Political Department of the Black Sea Group of the Transcaucasian Front ...unaware of the plot, went on holiday in [[Pitsunda]] resort on the [[Black Sea]]. Upon his return, his Presidium officers congratulated him for his work i
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• Pontic–Caspian steppe
  ...30°]] to [[55th meridian east|55° east]] longitude, and from the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Caucasus]] in the south to the [[Temperate broadleaf and mixed ...Εὔξεινος Πόντος] in antiquity) as far east as the [[Caspian Sea]], from [[Moldova]] and western [[Ukraine]] across the [[Southern Federal D
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• Mute swan
  ...is large swan is wholly white in plumage with an orange beak bordered with black. It is recognisable by its pronounced knob atop the beak, which is larger i ...rigin, its closest relatives are the [[black swan]] of Australia and the [[black-necked swan]] of South America, not the other Northern Hemisphere swans.<re
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• Grey partridge
  ...ge, found from [[Finland]] east to [[Ural Mountains]] and south to [[Black Sea]] and northern [[Caucasus]]
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• Eversmann's redstart
  .... The [[beak|bill]] and legs are black. The male in breeding plumage has a black mask and grey crown and nape. The back and rump are rufous and the tail is ...]] and [[woodland]] during the breeding season, reaching 5400 metres above sea-level. In winter it is seen in more open and arid habitats. [[Insect]]s for
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• Terek sandpiper
  ...named after the [[Terek River]] which flows into the west of the [[Caspian Sea]], as it was first observed around this area.<ref name=Carnaby2009/> The ge ...e feet yellow; the [[beak|bill]] has a yellowish base, with the rest being black.
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• Caspian gull
  ...[taxon]] ''Larus cachinnans'', a member of the [[Larus|herring gull/lesser black-backed gull complex]]. The scientific name is from [[Latin]]. ''Larus'' app ...nd]] and eastern [[Germany]]. Some birds migrate south as far as the [[Red Sea]] and [[Persian Gulf]] while others disperse into [[Western Europe]], in co
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• Black lark
  | name = Black lark The '''black lark''' (''Melanocorypha yeltoniensis'') is a species of [[lark]] in the fa
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• Montagu's harrier
  ...ack wingtips. Compared with other harriers this species has characteristic black bands along the secondaries, both above and below the wing and rusty streak ...this form the male is much darker than usual, with a black head, brownish black above and grey underparts. The melanistic female is entirely chocolate brow
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• Dalmatian pelican
  ...s in flight, unlike other pelicans, its wings are solid grayish-white with black tips.<ref name= Handbook/> It is an elegant soaring bird. When a whole floc ...orld-europe-17117482 Trapped Dalmatian pelicans hand-fed in frozen Caspian Sea]. Bbc.co.uk (2012-02-21). Retrieved on 2012-08-22.</ref>
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• Beluga (sturgeon)
  {{redirect|European sturgeon|the species ''Acipenser sturio''|European sea sturgeon}} ...Sea|Caspian]] and [[Black Sea]] basins, and occasionally in the [[Adriatic Sea]]. Heavily fished for the female's valuable [[roe]]—known as [[beluga cav
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• Gloydius intermedius
  ...le rows. Between these blotches are irregular light areas. A dark brown to black postorbital stripe is present, extending from the eye back to the angle of ...al range is from below sea level (near the southern shore of the [[Caspian Sea]]) to at least 3,000 m in the high Lar Valley in the [[Alborz|Elburz]] moun
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• Steppe wolf
  ...et">''Mammals of the Soviet Union'' Vol.II Part 1a, SIRENIA AND CARNIVORA (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears), V.G Heptner and N.P Naumov editors, Science Publis ...ht grey, and the back is rusty grey or brownish with a strong admixture of black hairs. The guard hairs on the [[withers]] usually does not exceed 70–75&n
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• Sterlet
  ...large rivers that flow into the [[Black Sea]], [[Azov Sea]], and [[Caspian Sea]], as well as rivers in [[Siberia]] as far east as [[Yenisei River|Yenisei] [[Category:Fish of the Black Sea]]
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• Eurasian wolf
  ...ode/2up Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol.II Part 1a, SIRENIA AND CARNIVORA (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears)]'', Science Publishers, Inc. USA., pp. 184-187, ISB ...ode/2up Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol.II Part 1a, SIRENIA AND CARNIVORA (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears)]'', Science Publishers, Inc. USA., pp. 166, ISBN 1-
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• Zostera noltei
  ...pe]], the [[Mediterranean Sea]], [[Black Sea]], [[Caspian Sea]] and [[Aral Sea]] and on islands in the Atlantic off the coast of northwest Africa. It is a ...e coasts of Europe as far north as [[Norway]], [[Sweden]] and the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name=iucn/> Around the [[British Isles]] it grows extensively in the
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• Cruciata pedemontana
  ...iaceae]]. It is native to the southern and central [[Europe]], the [[Black Sea]] Basin, and southwestern and [[Central Asia]] from [[Turkey]] to [[Iran]]
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• Iris loczyi
  It has a slender, fibrous, knobbly or gnarled, brown-black rhizome.<ref name=efloras/><ref name=alpine/><ref name=atlas/><ref name=iri At altitudes of between {{convert|2200|to|3000|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name=alpine/><ref name=irisbotanique/><ref name=rare/>
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• Iris tenuifolia
  The seeds are oval (or turbinate – like a top) shaped, wrinkled and black-brown to brown.<ref name=fabaceae/><ref name=swewe/><ref name=ussrflora/><r It is also grown at altitudes of 1000 to 4200m above sea level.<ref name=efloras/><ref name=swewe/><ref name=knigi/><ref name=irisbo
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• Iris humilis
  The anthers are cream with green-black edging and the pollen is greenish coloured.<ref name=british/> They can be found at an altitude of {{convert|200|-|1500|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name=british/>
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• Iris korolkowii
  ...me=pacific/> --> The beard can be as dark as black,<ref name=handbook/> or black-brown.<ref name=ussr/> The oblong and erect,<ref name=Lynch/><ref name=alpi ...can be found at an altitude of {{convert|1600|-|3900|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name=alpine/>
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• Iris tigridia
  ...lizabeth A. Vostokova, Nadezhda I. Dorofeyuk, Pavel E. Tarasov, Clanton C. Black (Editors) {{Google books |USf2CAAAQBAJ|Vegetation Dynamics of Mongolia|page They can be found at an altitude of {{convert|0|-|2000|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name=onego/><ref name=red/>
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• Iris acutiloba
  ...streaked and pointed, with 2 dark spots and brown, purple, dark purple, or black short beard. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in [[temperateness|tem ...s/><!--also<ref name=European/><ref name=ClaireAustin/>{{rp|191}}--> brown black,<ref name=Lynch/><ref name=rare/> grey,<ref name=European/><ref name=stebbi
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• Paeonia anomala
  ...oft felty hairs. Within, several large, initially red but eventually shiny black seeds of 6×4&nbsp;mm develop, and each carpel opens by a slit over the ent ...the southern end at 1000–2500&nbsp;m altitude, but further north down to sea level.<ref name=HP /> Its northernmost population in the [[Taz River]] vall
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• Paeonia tenuifolia
  ...ains]] of [[Russia]], as well as areas in [[Ukraine]] north of the [[Black Sea]], westward into [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]] and [[Serbia]] and eastward to n
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• Soviet Central Asia
  ...egan to settle the area with Russian migrants. Over the years many fertile black soil farms were developed by the [[Tsar]]ists and, later, the process carri ...up around the industry. Aktau is Kazakhstan's only seaport on the Caspian Sea.
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• Oghuz Yabgu State
  ...an)|Irgiz]], [[Yaik]], [[Emba (river)|Emba]], and [[Uil]] rivers, the Aral Sea area, the [[Syr Darya]] valley, the foothills of the [[Karatau Mountains]] ...the Oguzes, and a part of them migrated to the west to the northern Black Sea region. The Oguzes moved their capital to [[Jankent|Yangikent]] and became
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• Western Turkic Khaganate
  ...4: Tashkent; 569 brief war with Persia. 567–71 north Caucasus, 576 Black Sea raid. ...later increased (uncertain) it would have benefited Khorezm and the Black Sea cities and might have had something to do with the later rise of the Khazar
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• Saka
  ...iants include '''Sacha'''.<ref>[[:File:Ptolemy Cosmographia 1467 - Caspian Sea Central Asia.jpg|1]].</ref>}} was the term used in [[Middle Persian|Persian *the ''Sakā paradraya'' – "Saka beyond the sea", a name added after Darius' [[European Scythian campaign of Darius I|campa
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• Sasanian Empire
  |flag_s3 = black flag.svg ...liation of Valerian by Shapur ([[Hans Holbein the Younger]], 1521, pen and black ink on a chalk sketch, [[Kunstmuseum Basel]])]]
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• Russian conquest of Central Asia
  ...xt step was to turn this triangle into a rectangle by crossing the Caspian Sea. In 1873 they conquered Khiva. In 1881 they took western Turkmenistan. In 1 ...Oxus and Jaxartes Rivers flowing from the eastern mountains into the Aral Sea.]]
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• Taman Peninsula
  ...bb1f14a184730017f0000011_en.html "Greek colonization in the northern Black Sea area"]. German Archaeological Institute. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
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• List of Khazar rulers
  ...states appear to have survived in the [[Caucasus]] and around the [[Black Sea]]. We know of two later Khazar rulers:
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• Khazars
  ...g:十名).</ref> The Duōlù challenged the Avars in the [[Kuban River]]-[[Sea of Azov]] area while the Khazar Qağanate consolidated further westwards, l ...and tribes inhabiting the vast territories between the Caucasus, the Aral Sea, the Ural Mountains, and the Ukrainian steppes.<ref>{{harvnb|Koestler|1977|
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