Many people also live in rural areas, in simple, spacious, log houses. Thus, on the The main characteristics of precipitation throughout Russia are the modest to low total amounts and the pronounced summer maximum. The European part of Russia is the one located to the west of the Ural Mountains; because of its size, it has different types of climate, but almost everywhere winter is freezing, while summer is moderately rainy. Outside of these towns, however, most of Siberia was sparsely populated and only traders and explorers entered the region.

On the north coast, north of the Almost all the population lives in the south, along the By far the most commonly occurring climate in Siberia is continental Southwesterly winds bring warm air from Central Asia and the Middle East.

Siberia. ... as pointed out by climate scientist Zach Labe. However, the snow that does fall during the winter months remains on the ground for up to 250 days.Siberia's spring and autumn seasons are typically brief, with a sudden transition to cold winter weather to warm summer temperatures being quite common, however, the fall season does produce colorful foliage, notes the Lonely Planet website. The majority of the precipitation is seen during the months of June through August, with at least an inch of rain, or periodic snow, falling each month.

The major geographical zones of Siberia, however, are the West Siberian Plateau and the Central Siberian Plateau. In the 14th century, the independent Siberian Khanate was established after the breakup of the In the 16th century, Russia began to grow in power and it started to take lands from the Siberian Khanate.

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Prior to that time, Siberia was inhabited by various nomadic groups. Most of Siberia's climate is subarctic and precipitation is low except for the Kamchatka Peninsula.


Yakutsk has a significant amount of rainfall during the year. Siberia Temperature Yesterday. "Probable asteroidal origin of the Tunguska Cosmic Body" (PDF). In these regions, except in a few places close to the Baltic, precipitation generally remains below 24 inches (600 mm), falling from 21 inches (533 mm) at Moscow to about 8 inches (203 mm) along the border with Kazakhstan. However, most of this area is under permafrost and the dominant landscape type outside of the extreme northern areas (which are tundra) is taiga.Outside of these major regions, Siberia has several rugged Nearly all of the vegetation in Siberia is taiga, but there are tundra areas on in its northern areas and an area of temperate forests in the south.

In the mountain zones of the south and east, the pattern is more complex because elevation rather than latitude is the dominant factor, and there are striking changes over relatively short distances. There are a variety of beliefs throughout Siberia, including "Siberian" redirects here.

Evidence of some of the earliest human species has been found in southern Siberia that dates back to about 40,000 years ago. Climate data and weather averages in Siberia.



These species include Homo neanderthalensis, the species before humans, and Homo sapiens, humans, as well as a currently unidentified species whose fossils were found in March 2010.In the early 13th century the area of present-day Siberia was conquered by the Mongols.