Periglacial Flashcards
What biome is the Yamal peninsular?
Tundra
Biodiversity?
Provides a summer home for many migratory bird species
What role does the permafrost have
Large scale carbon store
Who are the Nenets?
They are nomadic reindeer herders
What do the reindeers provide for the Nenets?
Transport, clothing hides for shelter, meat and income
What do the Nenets do seasonally?
Migrate
How many people rely on the reindeer for income?
10,000
How many reindeer do the Nenets herd?
20,000
How much of the peninsular do the Nenets own?
80%
What doe the Yamal peninsular contain?
Worlds largest gas reserve
In what year were large sink hole disocvered?
2014
What did infrastructure do and in what year?
Destroyed pasture and disrupted migration routes, 1980s
Name the infrastructure plan on the peninsular
572km railway line
gas pipeline and several bridges.
How many herders have been evicted?
160
