The Northern Muya Range () is a mountain range in
Buryatia
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,
Russia
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, part of 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. ...
.
Google Earth
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The
Baikal Amur Mainline
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(BAM) railway traverses the southern end of the mountain range via the
Severomuysky Tunnel.
Geography
The Northern Muya Range stretches from the valley of the
Svetlaya river, a left tributary of the
Upper Angara, in the southwest, to the valley of the
Vitim in the northeast. The
Upper Angara Depression lies to the northwest and the
Muya-Kuanda Depression to the southeast. To the north it runs parallel with the
Delyun-Uran Range just south of it,
and to the south with the
Muyakan Range. The highest summit of the range is a high mountain located in its extreme southwestern part. Peaks and ridges have sharp glacial shapes in the central sector of the range, while flat summits predominate on the periphery. In its southwestern part the Northern Muya Range is broken by the valley of the
Kotera.
Hydrography
The Northern Muya Range separates the basins of the
Upper Angara and
Muya Rivers.
Among the rivers having their sources in the range are the Upper Angara and its left tributaries
Yanchui and
Angarakan, several tributaries of the
Vitim, such as the
Mamakan and Muya. The rivers
Parama and
Yanguda also originate from it.
Flora
The slopes of the range are mainly 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
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 ...
, 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 ...
above . The river valleys are
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
y, with meadows and
pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...
forests on the lower slopes and the north-facing sides.
See also
*
List of mountains and hills of Russia
This is a list of mountains and hills of Russia.
List by elevation
Over 5000 meters
4000 to 4999 meters
3000 to 3999 meters
2000 to 2999 meters
1000 to 1999 meters
Under 1000 meters
See also
* Highest points of Russian Fede ...
*
Southern Muya Range
The Southern Muya Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high Muisky Gigant; another important peak is 2363 m high Mount Shaman. Google Earth ...
References
External links
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Mountain ranges of Russia
Physiographic provinces
Mountains of Buryatia
Stanovoy Highlands
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