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

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of the

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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. This range is one of the places in Yakutia where

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Geography

The Kular Range extends in an arch north of

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to the NE for about , west and NW of the Bytantay River and west of the

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, after it joins that great river. In the northeast rise the

Kyundyulyun The Kyundyulyun ( or Горы Кюндюлюн; ) is a mountain Mountain range, range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airport is Ust-Kuyga Airport, located in Ust-Yansky District.Google Earth Geography ...

mountains, a prolongation beyond the Yana River and to the southeast the

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. The highest point of the Kular Range is an unnamed high summit. It is one of the main 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. To the west it is limited by the Omoloy River valley, beyond which rises the

Sietinden Range The Sietinden Range (; ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.

, which runs in a parallel direction. The range is deeply cut by wide riverine

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s in its middle part. Rivers

Baky The Baky (; , ''Bakı'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the northern tributaries of the Yana. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic Circle. Its basin falls ...

and Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur have their source in the range. The

Yana-Indigirka Lowland The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (; ) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the territory of the lowland is part of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). There are inhabited ...

lies to the northeast.

Ulakhan Sis Range

Near the northern end of the Kular Range, at —about north of the

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, there is a branch of the main range running northwards named Ulakhan Sis. It is about long and its highest point is . The Yana River meanders northwards east of the Ulakhan Sis Range and beyond it rises the Magyl-Tasa Massif.

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Khayrdakh Ridge

The Khayrdakh Ridge ( ) is a smaller subrange of the Kular Range located between the lower course of the Bytantay and the Baky. Kular Range - ONC C-6

Flora

The mountains are covered with

mountain tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets ...

and in the valleys 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 ...

forests and tundra.

References

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