Skvorchikha (Russian: Скворчиха) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Skvorchikhinsky Selsoviet, Ishimbaysky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 459 as of 2010.[2] There are 7 streets.

Skvorchikha
Скворчиха
Selo
Skvorchikha is located in Bashkortostan
Skvorchikha
Skvorchikha
Skvorchikha is located in Russia
Skvorchikha
Skvorchikha
Coordinates: 53°18′N 56°07′E / 53.300°N 56.117°E / 53.300; 56.117[1]
CountryRussia
RegionBashkortostan
DistrictIshimbaysky District
Time zoneUTC+5:00

Geography edit

Skvorchikha is located 21 km southeast of Ishimbay (the district's administrative centre) by road. Novonikolayevka is the nearest rural locality.[3]

Geology and paleontology edit

Sediments of the Urzhumian and Severodvinian stages (Permian period) are present in the bank cliffs of the Yurgabashka River, near Skvorchikha. Fossils of ostracods of Paleodarwinula and Prasuchonell (sic) genera were found in the Urzhumian deposits. Charred remains of plants have been found in clay, sand and siltstone rocks of the same stage.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Карта Ишимбайского района Башкортостана
  2. ^ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Численность населения по населённым пунктам Республики Башкортостан
  3. ^ Расстояние от Скворчихи до Ишимбая
  4. ^ T. V. Klimenko, E. I. Kulagina (2020). "The Permian continental deposits in the south of the Ishimbay district of the Bashkortostan Republic" (PDF). Geologicheskii vestnik (in Russian) (1): 52—61. doi:10.31084/2619-0087/2020-1-4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-22.