Salair Ridge (pronounced ''sah-lah-EER''; is a

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-type

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and

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. There are

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s in the mountains. The Salair National Park is a

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in the western slopes.

Geography

It is a low and eroded prolongation of the

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in Southwestern

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and separates the

Kuznetsk Depression Kuznetsk Depression (, ''Kuznetskaya kotlovina'') is located among mountains of South-Central Siberia, including: Kuznetsk Alatau to the Northeast, Salair Ridge to the Southwest, and Mountainous Shoria to the South. It is within Kemerovo Obl ...

from the

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Plain to the southwest, ending with the Bugotak Hills. Its main ridge is nearly parallel to that of the

Kuznetsk Alatau Kuznetsk Alatau () is a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia. The range rises in the Altai-Sayan region of the South Siberian Mountains, northwest of Mongolia. The Siberian Railway skirts the northern limit of the range. Geography ...

. The ridge is some in length and between and wide. The mountains are rich in complex

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s. The highest peak is Kivda (), at .САЛАИ́РСКИЙ КРЯЖ
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'' Major rivers include the

Berd Berd ( ) is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It is the administrative centre of Berd Municipality. The town is located to the west of the Tavush River, from Yerevan, surrounded by low mountains. Near the city are the ruins of the 10th ...

, Suenga, and Chumysh.

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Geography

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