Skvorchikha
Скворчиха | |
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Selo | |
Coordinates: 53°18′N 56°07′E / 53.300°N 56.117°E [1] | |
Country | Russia |
Region | Bashkortostan |
District | Ishimbaysky District |
Time zone | UTC+5:00 |
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 is located 21 km southeast of Ishimbay (the district's administrative centre) by road. Novonikolayevka is the nearest rural locality. [3]
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]