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Ashchisay Steppe

Russia, Svetlinsky District

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Ashchisay Steppe (Ащисайская степь) is the largest and easternmost section of the Orenburg State Nature Reserve. It covers 7,200 hectares in the Svetlinsky District of Orenburg Oblast. The reserve was established in 1989 to protect the steppe. What to see Almost the whole section lies in the ba

Ashchelsay Cliff

Russia, Adamovskiy rayon

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The Ashchelsay Red and White Cliffs (Russian: Ащельсайские Красный и Белый утёсы), also known simply as the Ashchelsay Cliff, are a rock face almost 35 metres high on the right bank of the Kumak River in the Novoorsky District of Orenburg Oblast. The cliff rises near the site of the former village o

Aulgan Gorge

Russia, Gay

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Aulgan Gorge, also known as Akry-Sagyl Gorge (Аулганское ущелье), is a rocky mountain valley of the Aulgan stream in Gaysky Urban Okrug, Orenburg Oblast. The gorge begins half a kilometre east of the village of Ishkinino and stretches for more than a kilometre. It is a landscape and geomorphological

Atamanskaya Gora

Russia, Buzuluksky District

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Atamanskaya Gora (Атаманская гора, Ataman Hill) is an upland on the right bank of the Samara River a few kilometres northeast of Buzuluk, in the Buzuluksky District of Orenburg Oblast. It is a spur of the Obshchy Syrt hills and a geological natural monument of about 120 hectares. The hill is known f