Basegi (russian: Басеги) is a mountain range in Middle
Ural
Ural may refer to:
*Ural (region), in Russia and Kazakhstan
*Ural Mountains, in Russia and Kazakhstan
*Ural (river), in Russia and Kazakhstan
* Ual (tool), a mortar tool used by the Bodo people of India
*Ural Federal District, in Russia
*Ural econ ...
. Located in the eastern portion of
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...
, on the border between Gremyachinsky and
Gornozavodsky districts, it stretches
meridionally. Its length is about 32 km, width is 5 km (in the widest central part). The highest point is the mountain "Middle Baseg" (994 m); it has a dome shape.
To the north of the range flows the
Usva River
The Usva (russian: Усьва) is a river in Perm Krai in Russia, a right tributary of the Chusovaya (Kama basin). The river is long, and its drainage basin covers .[Vilva River
The Vilva (russian: Вильва) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Usva. It starts on the west foothills of the Ural, near the border with Sverdlovsk Oblast. It flows west and southwest, entering the Usva from the larger r ...]
. The Basegi range is a source of most of the tributaries of these two main rivers.
The
Basegi Nature Reserve
Basegi Nature Reserve (russian: Басеги заповедник) (also Bassegi) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) along the Basegi Ridge, in the Middle Ural mountains. "Basegi" means "beautiful" in the local Urals dialect. It i ...
is located in the foothills of the range. To the north of the Basegi range is situated the highest point of Middle Ural,
Oslyanka.
There are several versions about the origins of the name. One of them is that the name stems from the
Komi-Permyak word 'basok' which means "beautiful". Another theory claims that ‘baseg’ is a composition of the words ‘bas’ (beautiful) and ‘eg’ (river).
References
Basegi in Great Soviet EncyclopediaBasegi in Encyclopedia of Perm Krai
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Mountain ranges of Russia
Landforms of Perm Krai