Kolyma Mountains

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Kolyma Mountains
Колымское нагорье
Kolyma Nature.jpg
Mountains in the Tenkinsky District
Highest point
PeakGora Nevskaya
Elevation1,828 m (5,997 ft)
Dimensions
Length1,300 km (810 mi)
Geography
Kolyma Mountains is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Kolyma Mountains
Location in the Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
CountryRussia
Oblast/Okrug/KraiMagadan, Chukotka and Kamchatka
Range coordinates63°N 159°E / 63°N 159°E / 63; 159Coordinates: 63°N 159°E / 63°N 159°E / 63; 159
Parent rangeEast Siberian System
Geology
Age of rockJurassic, Triassic, Permian and Proterozoic
Type of rockGranite, Gneiss, Schist, Siltstone and Sandstone

The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland (Russian: Колымское нагорье, tr. Kolymskoye Nagorye) is a mountain range in northeastern Siberia, lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Kolyma region.[1] The range's highest point is Mount Nevskaya (гора Невская) in the Omsukchan Range at 1,828 meters (5,997 ft).[2]

Geography[]

The Kolyma Mountains stretch 1,300 kilometers (810 mi) on a NW-SW alignment and consists of a series of plateaus and ridges punctuated by granite peaks that typically range between 1,500 to 1,800 meters (4,900 to 5,900 ft).[3] The Yukaghir Highlands, highest point Mount Chubukulakh, rise to the northwest and the Anadyr Highlands to the north and northeast.[4]

Subranges[]

Besides the Omsukchan Range, the system of the Kolyma Mountains comprises a number of subranges.[5][3][6] Most are located in Magadan Oblast:

  • , highest point 1,884 metres (6,181 ft)
  • , highest point 1,561 metres (5,121 ft)
  • , highest point 1,809 metres (5,935 ft)
  • , highest point 1,661 metres (5,449 ft)
  • , highest point 1,644 metres (5,394 ft) (the eastern end is in Kamchatka Krai)
  • , highest point 1,465 metres (4,806 ft), partly in Kamchatka Krai

The northernmost ranges are located in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

  • (Kurinsky Range), highest point 1,030 metres (3,380 ft)
  • , highest point 1,816 metres (5,958 ft)
  • , highest point 1,685 metres (5,528 ft)

Hydrography[]

Many right tributaries of the Kolyma River have their sources in the northern and northwestern slopes of the Kolima Highlands, including the , , Balygychan, Sugoy, —with its tributary Bulun, and the Omolon —with its tributaries , Oloy, and . The rivers originating in the southern and southeastern slopes of the mountain area flow into the Sea of Okhotsk and are shorter: Arman, Ola, , , , , Paren and Penzhina.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kolyma Upland". Encyclopædia Britannica. July 20, 1998.
  2. ^ Sedov RV, Kolyma highland / Hvorov A. Yu . - Khabarovsk, 2003. - p. 418. - ISBN 5-901725-05-0 .
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Колымское нагорье" [Kolyma Highlands]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) (3rd ed.). 1969–1978.
  4. ^ Google Earth
  5. ^ Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16
  6. ^ Wetlands in Russia - Vol.4

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