The Kalar Range () is a mountain range in

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and the NW end of

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. The highest point of the range is high

Skalisty Golets Skalisty Golets () is the highest peak in the Kalar Range, Stanovoy Highlands, Russia. The Skalisty Golets is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak. Administratively it is located in the Zabaykalsky Krai of the Russian Far East. ...

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The range is part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Kodar and Udokan ranges.Udokan Ore Region
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History

Located in a desolate area, the Kalar Range was first described and roughly put on the map in 1857 by A.F. Usoltsev, Lieutenant of the Corps of Military Topographers of the Russian Imperial Army. Usoltsev sighted the range from the right bank of the Kalar River. Obruchev V. A.,
Шварц на юго-востоке Сибири (Schwartz in the southeast of Siberia)
(in Russian)

Geography

The Kalar Range belongs to the

Stanovoy Highlands The Stanovoy Highlands () 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 north and the Vitim Plateau to the south. ...

. It stretches from WSW to ENE for roughly from the

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river valley to the

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, both right tributaries of the

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. To the north it borders the Chara depression —in the upper reaches of the Chara river, and the western spurs of the

Udokan Range The Udokan Range () is a mountain range in Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation. The nearest town is Chara (rural locality), Chara.Google Earth There is copper mining in the range at the Udokan mine, part of the Ud ...

. To the south the range is bound by the valley of the Kalar river, a right tributary of the Vitim, which separates it from the

Yankan Range Yankan () is a rural locality (a selo) in Solovyovsky Selsoviet of Tyndinsky District, 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 ...

. While peaks in the western part are generally flat-topped, the eastern end has a more marked alpine relief.

Hydrography

A number of rivers have their sources in the range, including the Kalar river, with its right tributaries Katugin, Chukundu and Bugungda. Also the right tributaries of the Vitim river, Taksima and

Kuanda The Kuanda (), also known as Konda, is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The river flows across sparsely inhabited areas of the Kalarsky District.Google Earth Course The Ku ...

, the left tributaries of the Olyokma, Tas-Yuryakh and Imangra, as well as several right tributaries of the Chara, also a left tributary of the Olyokma. River

Nyukzha The Nyukzha () is a river in Amur Oblast and Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Olyokma river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drainage basin of . Th ...

flows across the range in its eastern part.

Flora

The higher slopes of the range are mainly covered with sparse coniferous forest, while below to mountain

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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predominates.

References

Stanovoy Highlands Mountain ranges of Russia Mountain ranges of Amur Oblast Mountains of Zabaykalsky Krai {{AmurOblast-geo-stub

History

Geography

Hydrography

Flora

See also

References