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This page contains the list of images of the Middle Volga (Taiga zone) nature: natural landscapes, vegetation types and some plants.
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Russia - Europe Middle Volga (Taiga zone)

	Kerzhenec river in the mean water (middle current)
	Kerzhenec river in the early morning. Old bridge ruins
	Waterlogged bank of the former river-bed. Ash-grey willow (Salix cinerea) forest
	Butterbur (Petasites spurius) community on the sandy spit
	Waterlogged former river-bed. Sedge (Carex acuta) and Bog arum (Calla palustris) community
	Willow (Salix acutifolia) forest with pine undergrouth on the Kerzhenec river bank
	Willow (Salix acutifolia) forest with pine undergrouth on the Kerzhenec river bank
	Willow (Salix acutifolia) forest on the Kerzhenec river bank
	Sedge-Sphagnum-Сotton-grassed peatbog at the lake shore
	Sedge-Sphagnum peatbog
	Sphagnum-Сotton-grassed up-hill bog
	Calamagrostis-lichen grounds on the former village site after 30 years ago (from 1972) fire
	Sphagnum-Horse-tailed spruce forest on the watershed
	Bilberry-Green mossed community in the spruce forest on the watershed
	Spruce forest after the forest fire
	Young lichen pine forest on the forest fire (from 1972) site
	Middle age lichen pine forest on the dry (strongly drained) sand-dune
	Lichen pine forest on the dry (strongly drained) sand-dune
	Lichen-Green-mossed pine forest on the normally drained sand-dune
	Calamagrostis-lichen pine forest on the dry (strongly drained) sand-dune
	Sedge-Sphagnum pine forest on the waterlogged (insufficiently drained) hollow
	Sphagnum-chamaephytes (Labrador Tea + Cassiope + Leatherleaf) pine forest (forest bog)
	Sphagnum-Сotton-grassed pine forest (forest bog)
	Green-mossed pine forest in the waterlogged (insufficiently drained) hollow
	Calamagrostis-Sedged pine forest with the spruce undergrouth on the first river terrace
	Bent-Sedged pine forest on the first river terrace
	Birch forest on the watershed hill
	Sphagnum-Сotton-grassed birch forest bog in the waterlogged hollow
	Young aspen (Populus tremula) grassed forest in the river flood-lands
	Common alder (Alnus glutinosa) grassed forest in the river flood-land

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Except these photograps you can find a lot of images of other geographical regions natural landscapes:
Russia (from West to East): West Baltic (Kurshskaya Kosa), Moscow Region (Central Russia), Northern Caucasus Mountains (Elbruz), Middle Volga (Taiga zone), Middle Volga (Steppe zone), Ural Mountains (Chusovaya river), Taz peninsula (North of Western Siberia), Ob-river valley (Central part of Western Siberia), Altai Steppe and Mountains (South of Western Siberia), Sayan Mountains (South of Western Siberia), Lake Baikal (South of Central Siberia), Sihote-Alin Mountains (South of the Far East), Kuril Islands;
Former USSR States: Georgia (Central Caucasus Mountains), Northern Tien-Shan: Issyk-Kul Lake and Zailiysky Alatau, Western Tien-Shan Mountains (Kirgizstan), Tadjikstan (Pamir Mountains);
Europe: Norway, Finland, UK: England and Scotland, UK: Wales, France, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus;
Asia: Turkey, Middle East (Syria, Lebanon and Israel), North-East of China (Peking), Sri Lanka, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia (Bali Island);
North America: USA East coast (Eastern states), Alaska, Rocky Mountains (USA, Montana), Yellowstone National Park, Utah and Nevada mountains, South-West steppe and deserts (Arizona and Texas);
Central America: Mexico, Cuba (Caribbean), Guatemala and Honduras, Costa Rica;
South America: Venezuela (Orinoco River and Guiana Highlands), Central Andes and Amazonian Lowland (Peru), Precordillera (Argentina), Brazilian Highlands (Brazilian Plateau), Patagonia (Argentina), Land of Fire (Tierra del Fuego) Archipelago;
Africa: Tunis (Tunisia), Egypt, Tenerife Island (Canaries Archipelago) Kenya and Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Swaziland, South African Republic;
Australia and New Zealand: North Australia (Darwin), Australia Northern Territory, South-Eastern Australia (Sydney, New South Wales), South Australia (Melburn, Victoria), New Zealand: North Island, New Zealand: South Island;
Antarctic: Antarctic Peninsula.

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