Bolshezemelskaya Tundra

Bolshezemelskaya Tundra (Russian: Большеземельская тундра) is a hilly lowland in the Timan-Pechora Basin in northwestern Russia on the coast of the Barents Sea, between the Pechora and Usa rivers and the Pay-Khoy Range of the Ural Mountains.

It covers more than 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi)[1] It is situated within the territory of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Komi Republic.

The topography of the Bolshezemelskaya Tundra is dominated by hills and moraine ridges composed of sandy till.

The plant cover is tundra, mainly mosses and prostrate shrubs.

Part of the Bolshezemelskaya Tundra area is part of the Pechora Coal Basin, and there exist large deposits of crude oil and natural gas discovered by the geologist Georgy Chernov.