Editing Anadyr (river) (section)

==Ecology==
The country through which it passes is thinly populated, and is dominated by tundra, with a rich variety of plant life.{{efn|The area, which is still sparsely populated today, in 1911 it was described as "thinly populated"{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}.}} Much of the region's landscapes are dominated by rugged mountains. For nine months of the year the ground is covered with snow,{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} and the frozen rivers become navigable roads.  George Kennan, an American working on the [[Western Union Telegraph Expedition]] in the late 1860s, found that dog sled travel on the lower Anadyr was limited by lack of firewood.

[[Reindeer]], upon which the local inhabitants subsisted, were once found in considerable numbers,{{efn|This point was made in 1911: "Reindeer, upon which the inhabitants subsist, are found in considerable numbers"{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}.}} but the domestic reindeer population has collapsed dramatically since the reorganization and privatization of state-run collective farms beginning in 1992. As herds of domestic reindeer have declined, herds of wild caribou have increased.

There are ten species of [[salmon]] inhabiting the Anadyr river basin. Every year, on the last Sunday in April, there is an ice fishing competition in the frozen estuarine waters of the Anadyr's mouth. This festival is locally known as '''Korfest'''.

The area is a summering place for a number of migratory birds including [[brent goose|brent geese]], [[Eurasian wigeon]]s, and the [[northern pintail|pintails]] of [[California]].{{sfn|Henny|1973|pp=23-29}}<ref>[http://www.werc.usgs.gov/pinsat/journal2001.html "Biologist's Journal 2001"  Western Ecological Research Center, United States Geological Survey]</ref>