Orenburg legendary - II

The author of the picture is Anna Grigorieva, an employee of "Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg" LLC. The coordinates of the object are 51.057863, 55.109578. The landmark is located near the village of Kumaksky, Sol-Iletsk city district. The sand dunes are in constant motion, which creates the feeling of being in a real desert. The total area is about 4.5 hectares.

The author of the picture is Anna Grigorieva, an employee of "Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg" LLC.

The coordinates of the object are 51.084618, 55.654283.

The landscape monument of nature is located on the right root bank of the Belaya River near the village of Pokrovka, Akbulak district.

The total area is about 143 hectares.

The mountains serve as a place of growth for rare species of flora (Cretaceous hedgehog, sweet-scented lion, Cornucopia Trotsky, large-winged cloverleaf, Marshall's cornflower, Crimean astragalus, Cretaceous flax, etc.).

In the 1940s and 60s, a Chalk factory operated here.

The author of the picture is Natalia Anisimova, an employee of "Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg" LLC. The coordinates of the object are 51.490471, 56.009141. The Burtya is a left tributary of the Urals. It looks like a chain of lakes connected by fast channels. It has a winding riverbed. The river originates in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, flows through the territory of Akbulaksky and Belyaevsky districts of the Orenburg region. The length of the river is 80 km. With a small channel width, the depth is up to 4 m. Pike, rudd, perch, and bream are found in the waters of Burti. For its clear water and depth, the river is loved by local divers who are fond of spearfishing or observing the river's flora and fauna. It is not uncommon to find a marsh turtle in the Burt.

The author of the picture is Anastasia Shaikhutdinova, an employee of "Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg" LLC. The coordinates of the object are 51.285759, 56.603718. The hydrogeological and balneological natural monument is located 9.5 km south–east of the village of Burlyksky Belyaevsky district, the Saline tract is a marshy salt marsh area in the valley of the Tuzlukkol River. It attracts the attention of tourists by the presence of springs with sulfate-calcium, calcium-sodium waters and wells with highly mineralized sodium chloride waters. People come to the therapeutic mineral mud from different parts of the Orenburg region. Below the hill with salt springs, in a unique salt marsh meadow, gmelin and Caspian kermeks bloom in late summer. In addition, the Salty tract is characterized by tarragon-shaped saltbush, herbaceous soleros, petrosimonia Litvinova, camphorosma montpellii, frankenia rough, wheatgrass and other plants.

The author of the picture is Natalia Sharipova, a resident of Orenburg. The coordinates of the object are 51.387597, 56.806602. The landscape and geological-geomorphological monument of nature is located next to the "Orenburg-Orsk" highway, 4 km west of the village of Donskoy Belevsky district. The height is about 200 m. Peaks resembling two camel humps are visible from almost any side, for which the mountain got its name. It was formed due to the erosion work of the Ural River and its tributary Elshanki. In the southwest, it ends in a cliff overhanging the floodplain of the Urals. There are 16 species of vascular plants listed in the Red Books of Russia and the Orenburg region on the territory of the mountain (solyanka wormwood, Russian hazel grouse, Razumovsky's kopeck, low iris, beautiful and Zalessky's cowberry, sandy cumin, and others). With the onset of spring, groundhogs wake up.

The author of the picture is Natalia Sharipova, a resident of Orenburg. The coordinates of the object are 51.577656, 56.709595. They are located 135 kilometers south-east of Orenburg. They belong to the Ural Mountains, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. They are characterized by the complete absence of forests on the slopes. The ridge is 14 km long. They were formed from limestone during the Permian period (250-300 million years ago). The maximum point is 414 m above sea level. They are especially picturesque in late spring and early summer, when irises, tulips, cornflowers, dream grass and other wild flowers bloom. Marmots live on the slopes of the Long Mountains. Steppe eagles are circling in the sky above the ridge. During the migration period, Red book saigas wander from Kazakhstan. Due to the relief of the Long Mountains, it contributes to the appearance of ascending air currents, which has made them a favorite vacation spot for Orenburg paragliders.

The author of the picture is Sergey Samartsev, an employee of "Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg" LLC. The coordinates of the object are 51.928601, 56.656723. The geological, geomorphological, landscape and botanical natural monument is located in the floodplain of the Uskalyk River, 1.5 km east of the village of Andreevka, Saraktash district. They are a chain of five cone-shaped hills. The Long and Sergeyevskaya mountains are located on the right bank of the river, while Chasnaya, Provalnaya and Maryevskaya are on the left. The length of the mountain range is 6 km. The diameter of each cone at the foot is up to 1 km. They were formed in the Permian Paleozoic period (about 300 million years ago) mainly by slab limestones. There are five springs at the foot of the left-bank cones. Provalnaya Mountain, which is partially located on the territory of the neighboring Republic of Bashkortostan, is also called Tautyshak, which translates to "mountain with a hole", because there is a small cave on the top of the mountain. On the slopes of the mountains grow the red-book silver-leaved pennywort, Alpine aster, Zalessky and krasavshy grasshoppers, etc.

The author of the picture is Olga Mokrova, a resident of Gaya. The coordinates of the object are 51.638337, 57.889216. The landscape, geological and geomorphological monument of nature is located on the bank of the Gubernly River on the southeastern outskirts of the village of Karagai-Pokrovka, Kuvandyk city district. It is a sparse pine forest on rocky outcrops. The rocks are covered with brown lichens and green mosses. Centipede vulgaris, graceful northern asplenium grow on the slopes, small ferns and brittle bladderwort grow in shaded crevices – a typical plant for the Arctic regions of Greenland and Iceland. Century-old pine trees are found in the Karagai forest. The area of the forest is 150 hectares.

The author of the picture is Alexander Popov, an employee of "Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg" LLC. The coordinates of the object are 51.19205, 58.19493. Zaboy Lake is man–made. 7 km southwest of the city of Novotroitsk on the outskirts of the village of Akkermanovka, it appeared in the second half of the 20th century. In the early 1930s, a deposit of nickel ores was discovered here, which were formed during the Carboniferous period (about 300 million years ago). It was decided to build and develop a quarry. Mining was carried out manually. The ore was first delivered to the plant in carts, then by trolleys on a narrow-gauge railway. Mining of only nickel-rich areas led to the fact that the quarry soon turned into a gorge. It was closed in 1958. According to one version, the gorge was filled with groundwater, according to another, it was artificially flooded. This is how Lake Zaboy was formed. The total area is 60 hectares. The depth is up to 45 m. It is said that in the dashing 90s, bandits on the shore of the lake often tried their opponents. It was easy to hide the traces of crimes in the deep water. In summer, the lake is a favorite fishing spot for locals.

The author of the picture is Olga Mokrova, a resident of Gaya. The coordinates of the object are 51.460371, 58.300541. The landscape and geomorphological monument of nature is located 1 km south-east of the village of Ishkinino in the Gaysky city district. It stretches along the Aulgan stream (flows into the Sukhaya Gubernya River). The slopes are steep. The floodplain was overgrown with shrubs and alders. The Aulgan gorge is a sample of an erosive low-mountain relief. Length > 1 km. Succulents grow on the slopes of the gorge and next to it, for example, gornokolosnik, in the lowlands – mosses, lichens, various types of plants that love moisture. The Aulgan is home to foxes, badgers, ermine, steppe polecat, and steppe pipit. Steppe kestrel, woodpecker, grey partridge, representatives of the family of passerines nest.

The author of the picture is Kirill Bubarenko, an employee of "Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg" LLC. The coordinates of the object are 52.047341, 58.778149. The back of the Big Turtle is a section of the coastline of the Iriklinsky reservoir on the Ural River, which appeared after the completion of the construction of the Iriklinsky hydroelectric dam. The reservoir was filled for eight years, from 1958 to 1966. The water surface area of the reservoir is 260 km2. The Iriklinsky reservoir is the largest reservoir in the Southern Urals. Its coastline is 415 km long.