The Selemdzha Range () is a range of mountains in the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...

. Administratively it belongs partly to

Amur Oblast Amur Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. The oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south. The administrati ...

and partly to the

Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is located in the Russian Far East and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. The administrative centre of the krai is the types of ...

of the

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. There is gold ore prospection in the area of the range.Мариинская рудоперспективная площадь. Золото рудное
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Geography

The Selemdzha Range is a range of moderate altitudes located in the eastern end of Amur Oblast and the western side of Khabarovsk Krai. Is highest point is high Mount Iryungda located in the eastern part.Topographic map N-53; M 1: 1,000,00
/ref> River Inaragda, a right tributary of the Selitkan, has its sources in the range. The range runs in a roughly east/west direction for about flanking the northern banks of the

Selemdzha River The Selemdzha () is a river in the Amur Region of Russia. It is the biggest, left tributary of the Zeya. The length of the river is 647 km. The area of its basin 68,600 km². Course The Selemdzha has its source where three mountain r ...

. To the north of the western part of the mountain chain rises the Dzhagdy Range and to the south of its eastern part, the Ezop Range, running roughly parallel to it. The northern end of the Yam-Alin and the southern end of the Taikan Range meet at the easternmost limit of the range.

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Flora

The slopes of the range are covered by

taiga Taiga or tayga ( ; , ), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga, or boreal forest, is the world's largest land biome. In North A ...

, mainly consisting of

larch Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere, where they are found in lowland forests in the high la ...

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Селемджа: evendym - LiveJournalGorny Journal, 1905
Mountain ranges of Amur Oblast Mountain ranges of Khabarovsk Krai Mountain ranges of Russia ru:Селемджинский хребет

Geography

Flora

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