Ob Plateau

The Ob Plateau is located in Altai Krai and Novosibirsk Oblast at the southern edge of the West Siberian Plain. It extends roughly to the north of the foothills of the Altai Mountains along the left bank of the north-flowing Ob River. To the west it descends gradually to the Kulunda Plain. Hydrography Some of the main rivers of the plateau are the Aley, Barnaulka, Kulunda, Burla, Karasuk, Bagan and Kasmala among others. Within the glacial trenches there are a number of salt lakes, such as Gorkoye (Chernokurynskoye), Gorkoye (Novichikhinsky District), Gorkoye (Tyumentsevsky District), Bakhmatovskoye and Gorkoye-Peresheyechnoye. map section. ==Flora==

There are forests made up mostly of birch in the ravines, as well as remnants of coniferous taiga in higher areas. Wetlands and lakes are common in the river valleys cutting across the plateau. == See also ==