Suntar-Khayata Range (russian: Сунтар-Хаята, sah, Сунтаар Хайата) is a

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rising along the border of the

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in the north with

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and

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in the south. The

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passes through the northern part of the range by

Kyubeme Kyubeme (russian: Кюбеме; sah, Күбүмэ, ''Kübüme'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Yuchyugeysky Rural Okrug of Oymyakonsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Ust-Nera, the administrative center of the distric ...

Geography

The Suntar-Khayata is approximately 450–550 km long and 60 km wide. high Mus-Khaya Mountain, located in the Sakha Republic, is the highest point of the range.DMGN. Suntar-Khayata
/ref> Berill Mountain, at is the highest summit in Khabarovsk Krai.

Mount Khakandya Mount Khakandya (russian: Гора Хакандя) is a peak in the Suntar-Khayata Range, East Siberian System, Russia. Administratively it is located in the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Far East. See also *List of mountains and hills of Russi ...

(Гора Хакандя) is an

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/ref> The Suntar-Khayata Range is geographically a southeastern prolongation 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 settle ...

. Until mid 20th century it was treated as a separate range, together with the Skalisty Range, highest point , and the Sette Daban, highest point , to the southwest. The Yudoma-Maya Highlands are located to the south of the rangeСунтар-Хаята
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Upper Kolyma Highlands The Upper Kolyma Highlands ( rus, Верхнеколымское нагорье) is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman. There are large deposits of gold, tin and ...

to the northeast.

Subranges

The Suntar-Khayata system comprises a number of subranges, including the Khalkan Range, Net-Taga Range, Yudoma Range and Kukhtuy Range.

Hydrography

The Suntar-Khayata is a

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between the

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basin, and the

Indigirka The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is . History The i ...

—both of the

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, and the

Sea of Okhotsk The Sea of Okhotsk ( rus, Охо́тское мо́ре, Ohótskoye móre ; ja, オホーツク海, Ohōtsuku-kai) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is located between Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands ...

. Some of the major watercourses having their source in the range are the Tyry, Tompo, Allakh-Yun and Yudoma belonging to the Lena basin, the

Khastakh The Khastakh or Tuora-Yuryakh (russian: Хастах; sah, Хаастаах, ''Xaastaax'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the two tributaries giving origin to the Indigirka. The river has a length of and a dra ...

, Kuydusun and Taryn-Yuryakh to the Indigirka basin, the Kulu of the

Kolyma River The Kolyma ( rus, Колыма, p=kəlɨˈma; sah, Халыма, translit=Khalyma) is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast of Russia. The Kolyma is froz ...

basin, while the Okhota, Ulbeya, Inya, Kukhtuy and Yana flow into the Sea of Okhotsk. The range includes the southernmost

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s in the Russian Far East outside of

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Their

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is not known.

Geology

The strata of this geological formation date back to the

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. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 550–552. .

Flora and fauna

The higher

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s of the range are sparsely wooded, with mainly

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s and

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. A small population of

Brown Dipper The brown dipper (''Cinclus pallasii''), also known as Pallas's dipper, Asian dipper or the Asiatic dipper, is an aquatic songbird found in the mountains of the east Palearctic. It is a thrush-like bird with a cocked tail. Its plumage is chocolat ...

s ''(Cinclus pallasi)'' winters at a hot spring in the Suntar-Khayata Range. The birds feed underwater when air temperatures drop below .

Vertebrate paleofauna

Indeterminate

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remains, possible indeterminate Coelurosaur remains, indeterminate Sauropoda remains that had been previously referred to Camarasauridae indet, and indeterminate

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remains have all been recovered from Suntar outcrops in

, Russia.

Notes

External links

* Geology of Russia Jurassic paleontological sites {{paleo-site-stub