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Kuznetsk Basin

American  

noun

  1. an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.

Kuznetsk Basin British  
/ kuzˈbas, kuzˈnjɛtsk /

noun

  1. a region of S Russia, in the Kemerovo Region of W Siberia: the richest coalfield in the country, with reserves of iron ore. Chief industrial centre: Novokuznetsk. Area: about 69 900 sq km (27 000 sq miles)

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Searches for another four missing men had to be suspended after levels of methane in the mine in the Kuznetsk Basin reached dangerous levels, the RIA and ITAR-Tass news wires said.

From Reuters • Jan. 20, 2013

The Kuznetsk Basin has five times as great coal reserves as the Donets Basin, now in German hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Around the biggest coal deposit in the world, in the Kuznetsk Basin in mid-Siberia, mines were opened, steel mills built.

From Time Magazine Archive

One is based on the coal and iron ore of the Kuznetsk Basin, the second on the hydroelectric power of the Angara River, the third on the mines of Yakutia.

From Time Magazine Archive

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