Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk, oblast (region), south-central Russia, in western Siberia. It lies across an extremely level plain known as the Baraba Steppe in the north and Kulunda Steppe in the south, most of which is exceptionally swampy, with many lakes. The oblast is drained by the Ob River and by tributaries of the Irtysh River. Lake Chany, which has no outlet, is a basin of inland drainage. The swampy forest, or taiga, of the north gives way...