Verkhny Zub (, ,Сибирская Советская энциклопедия. Том первый. А - Ж p. 96 ) is a peak in

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. It is the highest point of the

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.Gora Verkhniy Zub - Peak Visor
/ref> The name of the mountain in the

Khakas language Khakas, also known as Xakas, is a Turkic language spoken by the Khakas, who mainly live in the southwestern Siberian Republic of Khakassia, in Russia. The Khakas number 61,000, of whom 29,000 speak the Khakas language. Most Khakas speakers are ...

''"Тигір тізі"'' means "heavenly tooth".Kuznetsk Alatau - Great Soviet Encyclopedia
/ref> The mountain is part of the Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve, a

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Verkhny Zub is a high mountain located in 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 ...

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. It rises in the southern area of the range, in the

Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug () is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia,Law #104-OZ one of the sixteen urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territory consists of the territories of two administrative divisions of Kemerov ...

at the eastern limit of Kemerovo Oblast, near the border of

Khakassia Khakassia (), officially the Republic of Khakassia, is a republic of Russia located in southern Siberia. It is situated between Krasnoyarsk Krai to the north and the Altai Republic to the south. The capital city of Khakassia is Abakan, and the ...

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At the foot of the mountain there are numerous cirque lakes. Dark coniferous

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 ...

grows on the lower mountain slopes. On steep slopes up to a height of there is

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 which there is the

nival zone Altitudinal zonation (or elevational zonation) in mountainous regions describes the natural layering of ecosystems that occurs at distinct elevations due to varying environmental conditions. Temperature, humidity, soil composition, and solar radi ...

with snowfields at the top.Энциклопедия Республики Хакасия: � 2 т.(Encyclopedia of the Republic of Khakassia) / Правительство Респ. Хакасия; �ауч.-ред. совет.: В. А. Кузьмин (пред.) и др. — Абакан: Поликор, 2007. Т. 1: � — Н — 2007. — 430, с.: ил., портр. — Библиогр. в конце слов. ст. С. 109.

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Вершина Верхний зуб. Кузнецкий Алатау. Горный массив на юге Западной Сибири. Кемеровская область, ХакасияГора Верхний Зуб (2178 м) Wikimapia
Verkhny Zub Landforms of Kemerovo Oblast {{KemerovoOblast-geo-stub

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