Kara Depression should not be confused with South Kara Depression.
| Kara Depression | |
| Type: | Depression |
| Map: | Russia Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Relief: | yes |
| Location: | Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
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The Kara Depression is a depression in the Extreme North of European Russia, by the mouth of Kara River, north-east of the Pay-Khoy Ridge (a continuation of the northern Ural Mountains). It is of diameter 50–60 km and filled with Quaternary deposits.[1]
The depression is part of the Pechora coal basin.