дерево с большой болячкой
The place
дерево с большой болячкой ("Tree with a large canker/wound") in Primorsky Krai, Krasnoarmeisky/Roshchino area (northern Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East, Russia), at 295 m altitude, Ussuri taiga. Continuous Russia Far East cluster (batches 331-354). A forest landmark — a badly diseased, cankered tree used for marking by hunters/hikers (a traditional taiga cartographic practice), in a zone of subtropical Ussuri forests (very rich biodiversity, 12,500 plant species in RU, Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica, 500 in RU + 40 in CN, the world's largest cat, up to 320 kg + Amur leopard Panthera pardus orientalis, 110 today, down to as few as 30 in the 1980s), Sikhote-Alin (UNESCO 2001, strict nature reserve, 4,000 km²), and Udege heritage (Nanai, 12,000 people, endangered Tungusic language, UNESCO CR status).
The setting
Primorsky Krai Krasnoarmeisky/Roshchino northern Sikhote-Alin Russian Far East RU Russia 295 m Ussuri taiga, continuous cluster batches 331-354, diseased cankered tree traditional cartographic marking, Ussuri forests 12,500 species Amur tiger Panthera altaica 500 RU+40 CN 320 kg / Amur leopard 110 down to as few as 30 in the 1980s, Sikhote-Alin UNESCO 2001 4,000 km², Udege Nanai 12,000 Tungusic UNESCO CR endangered.
