Uolba

Uolba lies in the Tatta country of central Yakutia, between the Lena and Aldan river systems. Lakes and open meadows interrupt the forest across the lowlands, while the Tatta flows north to join the Aldan. These clearings, or alases, are characteristic of the permafrost landscape and have offered grazing ground for the cattle and horses of Sakha communities despite the region's severe winter cold.