The peculiarity of Ary-Mas - it is isolated from main forest zone, as a result - towards the South, up to Odeloun Herbey (the hill), the forest becomes more rare...
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Such statue, made by V. Melkov, the forester, meets the visitors of "Ary-Mas" station |
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Ary-Mas forest massif is located on hight terraces of Novaya river southern bank. |
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It is spring in Ary-Mas. Gmelin larch needle is grumbling..... |
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... and willow (Salix lanata) shrubs are bluming |
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And the meadows on Novaya floo-plain are bluming violently - Trollius, Hedysarum, Pedicularis and others. |
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The largest stream, crossing the forest massif from south to north - Bogatyr-Yurjakh; on the horizon - Bogatyr-Quel lake. By the legend, they are named so following the nickname of russian first-settler, which lived here in XVII century |
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Sometimes, Novaya river washes away the banks |
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Due to this washing away o banks, ruines of XVIII russian settlement has been bared for last time |
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Another old time showings are observed - ruins of hut on the Pelegrja-Quel lake northern bank; there are residues of wooden reindeer gear and other implements around. |
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Larch trees, growing on the northern limit of existense, become rather interesting-shaped under the wind action..... |
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....and often it doesn't sustain the wind orce. |
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The most typical dense forest of Ary-Mas looks so |
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Oulakhan-Yurjakh stream (Large stream) - forest massifs reach largest areas here. |
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The peculiarity of Ary-Mas - it is isolated from main forest zone, as a result - towards the South, up to Odeloun Herbey (the hill), the forest becomes more rare... |
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And by 7-10 km to th South from Novaya river, only elfin orm of larch is observed |
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The rare forest on waterlogged flood-plain of Novaya river |
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A small forest lake. The fog is smoke of forest fires in Yakutia in 2002, brought from south-east. |
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Only on Ary-Mas we have observed such hornet's nests. |
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In the end of Summer, berry shrubs fruitage begines. Currants are observed rather seldom, even here..... |
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... and there is much of great bilberry, almost every year. |
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It is autumn. Grasses and shrubs Травы и кустарники become yellow earlier than larch trees. |
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The first sunset on Ary-Mas - 5 of August. |