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Ulakhan-Bom
The Ulakhan-Bom (russian: Улахан-Бом; sah, Улахан Бом, meaning "Big Obstacle") is a range of mountains in far Russian Far East, North-eastern Russia, a southern prolongation of the Verkhoyansk Range, part of the East Siberian System. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. The urban locality of Solnechny, Sakha Republic, Solnechny is located near the slopes of the range, by the Allakh-Yun River. Geography The Ulakhan-Bom stretches roughly from north to south for about to the west of the Sette-Daban, forming a group of three parallel ranges, together with the Skalisty Range further to the east. It is bound in the north by the Tompo, Tompo River, which separates it from the Verkhoyansk Range proper. To the west it is bound by the wide Aldan River valley and to the south by the Yudoma River. The Tyry river cuts across the northern section of the Ulakhan-Bom. The Khanda (river), Khanda river cuts across the range further south. The small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, well-known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains. The range lies just west of the boundary of the Eurasian and the North American tectonic plates. The mountains were formed by folding, and represent an anticline. The Verkhoyansk Range was covered by glaciers during the Last Glacial Period and the mountains in the northern section, such as the Orulgan Range, display a typical Alpine relief. There are coal, silver, lead, tin and zinc deposits in the mountains. Geography Rising from the shores of the Buor-Khaya Gulf in the north, it runs southwards spanning roughly 1000 km (600 mi.) across Yakutia, east of the Central Yakutian Lowland, and west of the Chersky Range, reaching the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skalisty Range
The Skalisty Range (russian: Скалистый хребет; sah, Скалистай) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia, part of the East Siberian System. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. The area of the range is remote and desolate. The R504 Kolyma Highway passes through the northern part of the range. History The Skalisty Range, meaning "rocky" owing to numerous pointed crags of naked rock crowning the range, was relatively unknown until 1934. It was first surveyed by an expedition sent by the government of the Soviet Union led by geologist Yuri Bilibin (1901—1952) together with mining engineer Evgeny Bobin (1897—1941). Though located near the southern end of the Verkhoyansk Range, this remote mountain area had formerly not been considered part of it by geographers, along with the other ranges south and southeast of the course of the Aldan River and the Tompo. After conducting the first topographic survey of the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allakh-Yun (river)
The Allakh-Yun (russian: Аллах-Юнь, sah, Ааллаах Үүн, ''Aallaax Üün'') is a river in Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Geography The Allakh-Yun arises at an elevation of around as the outflow from the mountain lake Amparyndzha, in the south-eastern Verkhoyansk Range. It flows generally in a south-westerly direction through a narrow valley along the Yudoma-Maya Highlands, to the east of the Sette-Daban range. The river cuts through the Ulakhan-Bom Ridge, before flowing into the Aldan by the southern end of the Kyllakh Range, at an elevation of , approximately from the settlement of Eldikan. Google Earth At its mouth, the Allakh-Yun is about wide and deep. The Allakh-Yun freezes over from mid-October until late May. Local economy and infrastructure The river is navigable on its lower and middle sections. The surrounding area is very sparsely settled, with the fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyllakh Range
The Kyllakh Range (russian: Кыллахский хребет; sah, Кыыллаах) is a range of mountains in the Russian Federation. Administratively the mountain chain belongs to the Sakha Republic. It is the smallest of the ranges which are part of the southern prolongation of the Verkhoyansk Range, East Siberian System. Geography The Kyllakh Range stretches roughly from north to south for about to the southwest of the Ulakhan-Bom, one of the three longer parallel ranges that form a group to the east. It is bound in the north by the Khanda river. To the west it is limited by the banks of the Aldan River and to the south by the Allakh-Yun river. The highest point of the mountain chain is an unnamed high summit.Google Earth Flora The slopes of the range are largely bare, but may be covered by larch taiga in slopes just above valleys, as well as birch in slopes facing the Aldan. Most of the river valleys are swampy with widespread moss growth. See also *List of mountains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanda (river)
, other_name = Belaya , image = Kyllakh Range & Khanda ONC D-8.jpg , image_caption = Course of the Khanda River , source1 = Sette-Daban, Verkhoyansk Range , source1_elevation = , source1_coordinates = , mouth = Aldan River , mouth_elevation = , mouth_coordinates = , progression = , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 = Russian Federation , length = , discharge1_avg = , basin_size = , pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia The Khanda (russian: Ханда; sah, Ханда, ''Xanda''), also known as Belaya (russian: Белая), is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. The Khanda has a length of and a drainage basin area of . There are no settlements in the area of the river. The nearest inhabited places are Khandyga o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Siberian System
The East Siberian Mountains or East Siberian Highlands ( rus, Восточно-Сибирское нагорье) are one of the largest mountain systems of the Russian Federation. They are located between the Central Yakutian Lowland and the Bering Strait in the Far Eastern Federal District and Northeast Siberia. The whole area of the East Siberian System has a very low population density. The territory of the mountain system is one of the Great Russian Regions. In some areas of the East Siberian Mountains, such as the Kisilyakh Range and the Oymyakon Plateau there are kigilyakhs, the rock formations that are highly valued in the culture of the Yakuts. Geography The East Siberian System consists of several separate sections of mountain ranges rising to the north and south of the Arctic Circle. The main group of ranges stretches for a distance of nearly from the Lena River valley to Cape Dezhnev, at the eastern end of the Chukotka Peninsula. Although it reaches a width of roughly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yudoma River
The Yudoma (russian: Юдома) is a river in eastern Siberia in the Yudoma-Maya Highlands near the Okhotsk Coast. It joins the Maya which joins the Aldan which joins the Lena which flows into the Arctic Ocean. Its northern headwaters are in the Suntar-Khayata Range. To the east is the Yudoma Range and then the Okhota, to the south the Maya and to the northwest, the Allakh-Yun, another tributary of the Aldan. Geography Its length in and its basin is (about the size of Switzerland). Its source is above sea level and its mouth, . It is fed by snowmelt and summer rains. It is frozen from mid-October to late May. At its mouth the minimum water flow is in March, and the maximum is in June. At its mouth it is wide and deep. The lower are considered navigable. The Yudoma limits the southern end of the Ulakhan-Bom range. Google Earth Infrastructure and local economy The area is largely unsettled and there is hardly any infrastructure. The only significant settlement is Yugory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tompo
The Tompo (russian: Томпо) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. River Tompo gives its name to the Tompo District. It flows across desolate regions, Topolinoye being the only inhabited place in the long course of the river.Google Earth The Tompo is not navigable. The area of the river's drainage basin is . Course The Tompo originates in the southern slopes of the Elgi Plateau. For about , the river displays the characteristics of a typical mountain river, flowing within a deep and narrow valley bound by steep slopes. In its uppermost course the Tompo runs roughly northward along the northern side of the Suntar-Khayata mountains; after roughly it turns and follows a generally westward direction for about through the southern part of the Elgi Plateau. Downstream from the mouth of the Delinya, its 2nd largest tributary, which flows from the central part of the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, the Tompo bends SSE i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyry
, other_name = , image = , image_caption = , source1 = Suntar-Khayata Range , source1_elevation = , source1_coordinates = , mouth = Aldan River , mouth_elevation = , mouth_coordinates = , progression = , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 = Russian Federation , length = , discharge1_avg = , basin_size = , pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic , pushpin_map_size = , pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia The Tyry (russian: Тыры; sah, Тырыы, ''Tırıı'') is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. The Tyry has a length of and a drainage basin area of and is the 8th longest tributary of the Aldan. There were mining settlements in the river valley, operating the coal and other deposits of the river basin, such as Nezhdaninskoye. Nowadays the nearest permanently inha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sette-Daban
The Sette-Daban (russian: Сетте-Дабан, sah, Сэттэ Дабаан) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range belongs partly to the Sakha Republic and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation. The area of the Sette-Daban is largely uninhabited. The R504 Kolyma Highway passes through the northern part of the range. The climate prevailing in the Sette-Daban is continental and severe. The average air temperature in January is a chilly . The average temperature in the river valleys may reach a maximum of in July. History In 1829, German physicist Georg Adolf Erman during a round-the-world (1828-1830) journey reported the existence of "Seven Ranges" (Sette Daban) between 135° and 140° E in the area of one of the upper tributaries of the Yudoma. The range was surveyed in 1934 by geologist Yuri Bilibin (1901—1952) together with mining engineer Evgeny Bobin (1897—1941) in the course of an expedition sent by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solnechny, Sakha Republic
Solnechny (russian: Со́лнечный; sah, Солнечнай) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Ust-Maya, the administrative center of the district.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'' As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,034. It is located near the slopes of the Ulakhan-Bom range.Google Earth History Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1972. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Solnechny,According to Article 7 of the Law #77-I, lower-level administrative divisions with the status of a settlement have their administrative centers in an inhabited locality with the status of an urban-type settlement. According to the ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic'', Solnechny is the administrative center o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allakh-Yun River
The Allakh-Yun (russian: Аллах-Юнь, sah, Ааллаах Үүн, ''Aallaax Üün'') is a river in Sakha Republic and Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Geography The Allakh-Yun arises at an elevation of around as the outflow from the mountain lake Amparyndzha, in the south-eastern Verkhoyansk Range. It flows generally in a south-westerly direction through a narrow valley along the Yudoma-Maya Highlands, to the east of the Sette-Daban range. The river cuts through the Ulakhan-Bom Ridge, before flowing into the Aldan by the southern end of the Kyllakh Range, at an elevation of , approximately from the settlement of Eldikan. Google Earth At its mouth, the Allakh-Yun is about wide and deep. The Allakh-Yun freezes over from mid-October until late May. Local economy and infrastructure The river is navigable on its lower and middle sections. The surrounding area is very sparsely settled, with the fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
