The Dzhardzhan Range (; , ''Carcaan'') is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the

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Geography

The Dzhardzhan Range is one of the subranges of the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (, ''Verhojanskiy Hrebet''; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, well-known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains. The range lies just west o ...

system and is located in its northern section.Verkhoyansk Range
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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. It stretches from north to south between the

Lena River The Lena is a river in the Russian Far East and is the easternmost river of the three great rivers of Siberia which flow into the Arctic Ocean, the others being Ob (river), Ob and Yenisey. The Lena River is long and has a capacious drainage basi ...

to the west and the higher

Orulgan Range The Orulgan Range (; , ''Orulğan'') is a range of mountains in far northeastern Russia. Administratively, the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.

to the east, running in a roughly parallel direction to it. The highest point of the range is an unnamed high peak. River Dzhardzhan cuts across the range in its middle section.Geological map of the Russian Federation
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Hydrography

Rivers with their sources in the more massive Orulgan rising to the east cut across the Dzhardzhan Range through steep gorges and ravines. They are right tributaries of the

flowing westwards, such as the Natara, Uel-Siktyakh and Kuranakh-Siktyakh. The Byosyuke flows in its northern limit while the valleys of the Syncha and Nelon, the two rivers which form the

Menkere The Menkere (; , ''Meŋkere'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Lena. The river has a length of — together with the Syncha— and a drainage basin area of . The Menkere flows across de ...

, are at its southern end.

Flora

The mountain slopes are covered with

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 and the valleys with

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.A contribution to the moss flora of Orulgan Range (Yakutia)
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References

External links

Ancient Middle-Carboniferous Flora of the Orulgan Range (Northern Verkhoyansk) and justification of Age Bylykat Formation
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Geography

Hydrography

Flora

See also

References

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