Putorana Plateau
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How it came to be
The Putorana Plateau lies in northern Central Siberia, about 100 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. Dozens of deep canyons cut its layered basalt, part of the Siberian Traps, and thousands of waterfalls fall on countless rivers. Its more than 25,000 fjord-like lakes hold Russia's second-largest store of fresh water after Lake Baikal.
The plateau sits on the border of tundra and taiga, where the floras of western and eastern Siberia meet, and is one of the few centres of plant richness in the Arctic. A major reindeer migration route crosses it.
In 1987 the area became the strictly protected Putoransky State Nature Reserve. There are no roads inside, and it can be reached only by helicopter or boat. The reserve was inscribed in 2010.
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