Barguzin Range () is a range in

Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District since 2018. To its nort ...

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along the northeastern shore of Baikal. Its length is 280 km, height up to 2,840 m. It is mostly covered by

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 ...

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 ...

. The range bounds the Barguzin Valley on the northwest. A part of the

Barguzin Nature Reserve Barguzinsky Nature Reserve () is the oldest of ''Natural reserves in Russia, zapovedniks'' (nature reserves), established in 1916 for the protection of the Barguzin sable. It is located in Republic of Buryatia, Buryatia (Russia) on the west slop ...

is located on the western slopes of the range.

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Mountain ranges of Russia Landforms of Buryatia South Siberian Mountains {{Buryatia-geo-stub

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