Northern Muya Range

Northern Muya Range Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т
View of the Northern Muya Range from a train on the Baikal Amur Mainline.
Highest point
Elevation	2,537 m (8,323 ft)
Coordinates	55°47′19″N 111°40′45″E / 55.78861°N 111.67917°E / 55.78861; 111.67917
Dimensions
Length	350 km (220 mi) ENE-WSW
Geography
Location in Buryatia
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Buryatia / Irkutsk Oblast
Range coordinates	56°5′0″N 114°30′0″E / 56.08333°N 114.50000°E / 56.08333; 114.50000Coordinates: 56°5′0″N 114°30′0″E / 56.08333°N 114.50000°E / 56.08333; 114.50000
Parent range	Stanovoy Highlands South Siberian System
Geology
Type of rock	Granites, crystalline schistss

The Northern Muya Range (Russian: Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т, romanized: Severo-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands.^[1]

The Baikal Amur Mainline (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 river, a left tributary of the Upper Angara, in the southwest, to the valley of the Vitim in the northeast. The lies to the northwest and the to the southeast. To the north it runs parallel with the Delyun-Uran Range just south of it,^[2] and to the south with the . The highest summit of the range is a 2,537 m (8,323 ft) 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 .^[1][3]

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 and Angarakan, several Vitim tributaries, such as the Mamakan and Muya, as well as rivers and , originate from it.^[3]

Flora[]

The slopes of the range are mainly covered with larch taiga, with mountain tundra above 1,200 m (3,900 ft). The river valleys are swampy with meadows and pine forests on the lower slopes and the north-facing sides.^[3]

See also[]

• List of mountains and hills of Russia
• Southern Muya Range

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Severomuysky Range at Wikimedia Commons

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