The Northern Muya Range () is a mountain range in

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, part of the

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(BAM) railway traverses the southern end of the mountain range via the

Severomuysky Tunnel The Severomuysky Tunnel () is a railroad tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), in northwestern Buryatia, Russia. It is named after the Northern Muya Range it cuts through. The tunnel is long, the longest in Russia (excluding metro lines ...

Geography

The Northern Muya Range stretches from the valley of the Svetlaya river, a left tributary of the

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, in the southwest, to the valley of the

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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

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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

and Muya Rivers. Among the rivers having their sources in the range are the Upper Angara and its left tributaries Yanchui and

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, several tributaries of the

, 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

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y, with meadows and

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forests on the lower slopes and the north-facing sides.

References

External links

* Mountain ranges of Russia Physiographic provinces Mountains of Buryatia Stanovoy Highlands {{Buryatia-geo-stub

Geography

Hydrography

Flora

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