The Sette-Daban (russian: Сетте-Дабан, sah, Сэттэ Дабаан) is a range of mountains in far
North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range belongs partly to the
Sakha Republic
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and partly to the
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal Distric ...
of the
Russian Federation
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. The area of the Sette-Daban is largely uninhabited. The
R504 Kolyma Highway
The R504 Kolyma Highway (russian: Федеральная автомобильная дорога «Колыма», ''Federal'naya Avtomobil'naya Doroga «Kolyma»,'' "Federal Automobile Highway 'Kolyma'"), part of the M56 route, is a road throu ...
passes through the northern part of the range.
The climate prevailing in the Sette-Daban is
continental
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* ''Continental'' ( ...
and severe. The average air temperature in January is a chilly . The average temperature in the river valleys may reach a maximum of in July.
History
In 1829, German physicist
Georg Adolf Erman
Georg Adolf Erman (12 May 1806 – 12 July 1877) was a German physicist.
Erman was born in Berlin as the son of Paul Erman. He studied natural science at the universities of Berlin and Königsberg, spent from 1828 to 1830 in a journey round ...
during a round-the-world (1828-1830) journey reported the existence of "Seven Ranges" (Sette Daban) between 135° and 140° E in the area of one of the upper tributaries of the Yudoma.
The range was surveyed in 1934 by geologist
Yuri Bilibin (1901—1952) together with mining engineer
Evgeny Bobin (1897—1941) in the course of an expedition sent by the government of the Soviet Union. After conducting the first topographic survey of the area Bilibin established that this chain consists of three parallel ridges with pointed, often rocky peaks, and that it belongs to the Verkhoyansk Mountain System. Bilibin and Bobin also explored for the first time the
Yudoma-Maya Highlands and the
Skalisty Range
The Skalisty Range (russian: Скалистый хребет; sah, Скалистай) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia, part of the East Siberian System. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. The ...
, directly adjacent to Sette-Daban.
Geography
The Sette-Daban is a range located in southeastern Yakutia, at the southern end of the
Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settl ...
, part of the
East Siberian System of mountains. It is bound in the north by the
Tompo River and in the west by the
Ulakhan-Bom
The Ulakhan-Bom (russian: Улахан-Бом; sah, Улахан Бом, meaning "Big Obstacle") is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia, a southern prolongation of the Verkhoyansk Range, part of the East Siberian System. Administra ...
, in the east by the
Skalisty Range
The Skalisty Range (russian: Скалистый хребет; sah, Скалистай) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia, part of the East Siberian System. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. The ...
and to the south and east flows the
Allakh-Yun River valley, beyond which rise the
Dzhugdzhur Range and the
Stanovoy Highlands
The Stanovoy Highlands ( rus, Станово́е наго́рье) or Stanovoy Uplands is a mountain range in the Transbaikal region of Siberia, Russia.
Geography
The Stanovoy Highlands are a mountainous area between the Patom Highlands to the ...
, to the west by the
Aldan River valley beyond which rises the
Lena Plateau
The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is m ...
. To the northeast rises the
Suntar-Khayata Range
Suntar-Khayata Range (russian: Сунтар-Хаята, sah, Сунтаар Хайата) is a granite mountain range rising along the border of the Sakha Republic in the north with Amur Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai in the south.
The R504 Koly ...
and to the east, the
Yudoma-Maya Highlands. The highest point of the Sette-Daban is an unnamed peak reaching .
The area of the range is crossed from north to south by the
Yudoma river valley. The
Eastern Khandyga River, the
Tyry
The Tyry (russian: Тыры; sah, Тырыы, ''Tırıı'') is a river in the Sakha Republic ( Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin.
The Tyry has a length of and a drainage basin area of and is the 8th lon ...
and the
Khanda
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have their sources in the range.
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Flora and fauna
The slopes of the range are covered by
larch
Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furt ...
forests, giving way to
dwarf cedar thickets and
mountain tundra at elevations above .
[Sette-Daban // ]Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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: (in 30 vols.) / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
The lower altitudes of the Sette-Daban mountains provide a habitat for the
Siberian Wood Frog and the
Siberian Salamander
''Salamandrella keyserlingii'', the Siberian salamander, is a species of salamander found in Northeast Asia. It lives in wet woods and riparian groves.
Distribution
It is found primarily in Siberia east of the Sosva River and the Urals, in ...
.
See also
*
List of mountains and hills of Russia
This is a list of mountains and hills of Russia.
List by elevation
Over 5000 meters
4000 to 4999 meters
3000 to 3999 meters
2000 to 2999 meters
1000 to 1999 meters
Under 1000 metres
See also
* Highest points of Russian Federal ...
References
External links
Moss flora of Sette-Daban Range (Yakutia)Liverworts of the Sette-Daban Range (Eastern Yakutia)
Verkhoyansk Range
Mountain ranges of Khabarovsk Krai
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