Upper Angara Range

The Upper Angara Range (Russian: Верхнеангарский хребет) is a mountain range in Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands.[1]

For the range of the Central Siberian Plateau, see Angara Range.
Upper Angara Range
Верхнеангарский хребет
View of the range above the Upper Angara River.
Highest point
PeakUnnamed
Elevation2,641 m (8,665 ft)
Coordinates56°21′23″N 111°38′48″E
Dimensions
Length200 km (120 mi) NE-SW
Width40 km (25 mi)
Geography
Upper Angara Range is located in Republic of Buryatia
Upper Angara Range
Location in Buryatia
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBuryatia / Irkutsk Oblast
Range coordinates56°20′N 111°30′E
Parent rangeNorth Baikal Highlands
South Siberian System
Geology
Type of rockCrystalline rocks with granite intrusions

The Baikal–Amur Mainline passes at the foot of the southern side of the range.

Geography

The range stretches from southwest to northeast for about 200 kilometres (120 mi), from the northern end of Lake Baikal to the sources of the Mamakan river, a left tributary of the Vitim. It forms the northern limit of the Upper Angara Depression, rising above the right bank of the Upper Angara River which flows into Lake Baikal. To the east rises the Delyun-Uran, the northernmost range of the Stanovoy Highlands. The main ridge is relatively narrow, with sharp peaks, cirques and glacial troughs.[2] The highest summit is a 2,641 metres (8,665 ft) high unnamed ultra prominent peak.[3]

Hydrography

The range forms a watershed that separates the Mama River basin to the north from the right tributaries of the Upper Angara to the south. The Kichera, one of the rivers flowing into Baikal, originates at the southwestern end of the ridge. Rivers Left Mama and Right Mama, which form the Mama River, a tributary of the Vitim, as well as the Chaya, have their sources in the northern side of the range.[4]

Upper Angara Range and Upper Angara River.

Flora

The slopes of the range are mainly covered with larch taiga, with mountain tundra and bare summits (golets) at higher elevations.[2]

See also

References
  1. Google Earth
  2. Верхнеангарский хребет — Great Soviet Encyclopedia: in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
  3. Peakbagger - Verkhne-Angarskiy Khrebet High Point, Russia
  4. "N-49 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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