Kongin Range

The Kongin Range (Russian: Конгинский хребет or Конгинские Горы) is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.[2][3]

Kongin Range
Конгинский хребет
Kongin Range is located in Magadan Oblast
Kongin Range
Location in Magadan Oblast, Russia
Kongin Range is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Kongin Range
Kongin Range (Far Eastern Federal District)
Highest point
PeakUnnamed
Elevation1,486 m (4,875 ft)[1]
Dimensions
Length175 km (109 mi) NW/SE
Width40 km (25 mi) NE/SW
Geography
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMagadan Oblast
DistrictSevero-Evensky District
Srednekansky District
Range coordinates65°0′N 158°0′E[2]
Parent rangeKolyma Highlands,
East Siberian System
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Age of rockDevonian, Jurassic and Cretaceous[3]
Type of rockLimestone, dolerite, andesite and rhyolite

The area of the range is uninhabited. Geologically the range is composed of limestone, dolerite and andesite of the Devonian period, as well as Devonian, Jurassic and Cretaceous rhyolite, with some granite and granodiorite intrusions.

Geography

The Kongin Range rises in the central sector of the Kolyma Highlands system. The mountains are of moderate height, the highest summit of the range is a 1,486 metres (4,875 ft) high summit rising in the southern part.[1] Certain sources give a height of 1,561 metres (5,121 ft).[3]

The range is located in the interfluve of the Omolon, Kedon and Korkodon rivers. The Namyndykan (Намындыкан), a left tributary of the Omolon marks its northern limit, while the lower course of the Kedon and its left tributary Levaya Kedon limit the range to the east. To the west the range is limited by the Bulun and the Korkodon, while to the south it merges with the northern slopes of the Molkaty Range.[1]

Hydrography

The Bulun, the longest tributary of the Korkodon, and its 156 kilometres (97 mi) long tributary Vizualnaya have their sources in the western slopes of the Kongin Range.[1]

Flora

On the slopes of the Kongin Range are there are sparse larch forests up to heights between 600 metres (2,000 ft) and 700 metres (2,300 ft). At higher elevations the only vegetation is mountain tundra. The barren high altitude zone is separated from the forest area by a belt of Siberian pine dwarf forest.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Топографска карта Q-57_58; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. Google Earth
  3. Конгинский хребет, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov – 3rd ed. – M, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
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