The Kyundyulyun ( or Горы Кюндюлюн; ) is a mountain

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in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ...

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, Russia. The nearest airport is

Ust-Kuyga Airport Ust-Kuyga Airport () is an airport serving the urban locality of Ust-Kuyga, Ust-Yansky District, in the Sakha Republic of Russia. It is located near the Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the northernmost o ...

, located in

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky District (; , ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic in ...

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Geography

The Kyundyulyun Range is located in northern Yakutia, about north of the

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. It is a smooth-looking range, rising above the right bank of the lower course of the

Yana River The Yana ( rus, Я́на, p=ˈjanə; ) is a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. Course It is long, and its drainage basin covers . Including its longest source river, the Sartang, i ...

. The Kyundyulyun forms a northeastern prolongation of the

Kular Range The Kular Range (, ''Khrebet Kular''; , Kular Sis) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Eveno-Bytantaysky National District of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.Chersky Range The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River, Yana and Indigirka River, Indigirka Rivers. Administratively, the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the eas ...

that extend from the southeast. The highest point is an unnamed high summit located in the southwestern part. To the north and northeast the Kyundyulyun is limited by 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 ...

, part of the

East Siberian Lowland The East Siberian Lowland (), also known as Yana-Kolyma Lowland (),Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, ''A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands.'' p. 16 is a vast plain in North-eastern Siberia, Russia.Chersky Range The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River, Yana and Indigirka River, Indigirka Rivers. Administratively, the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the eas ...

extend southwards and to the west and south the winding Yana River forms the limit of the range.

River

Buor-Yuryakh The Buor-Yuryakh (; , ''Buor-Ürex'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the second largest tributary of the Alazeya. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Buor-Yuryakh flows north of the Arctic Cir ...

, the main left tributary of the

Chondon The Chondon (; ) is a river in Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013 in the Chondon basin, at the feet of the Polousny Range, 66 km south-west of ...

, has its sources in the range.Topographic map - Kular
/ref> The Kyundyulyun area is practically uninhabited except for the town of

Ust-Kuyga Ust-Kuyga (; ) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Yansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' on the Yana ...

, located at the southwestern edge of the range on the eastern bank of the Yana River.

Flora

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prevails in the area of the Kyundyulyun owing to the northerly location and the closeness of the

Laptev Sea The Laptev Sea () is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr Peninsula, Severnaya Zemlya, and the New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary passes from the Arctic Cape to a point with ...

. The range looks quite barren, being mostly covered with

tundra In physical geography, a tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three regions and associated types of tundra: #Arctic, Arctic, Alpine tundra, Alpine, and #Antarctic ...

. There are forests of

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 ...

in the southern slopes and in some of the deeper and more protected valleys.

Climate

The range has a harsh

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

. The average temperature is . The coldest temperatures, down to , have been recorded in February. In summer the average July temperature in the valleys does not exceed .

References

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External links

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Mountain ranges of the Sakha Republic