The Chibagalakh Range ( rus, Чибагала̀хский хребет; sah, Чыбаҕалаах) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia),

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. Despite the beauty of its landscapes the range is rarely visited owing to its remoteness. In 1977 a group of tourists from

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visited the area and climbed Salishchev Peak. The nearest airport is Ust-Nera Airport. Google Earth

Geology

With a length of over the Chibagalakh Range is the largest batholith in the area of Northeastern Russia. It is in part

peraluminous Peraluminous rocks are igneous rocks that have a molecular proportion of aluminium oxide higher than the combination of sodium oxide, potassium oxide and calcium oxide.Blatt, Harvey and Robert J. Tracy, ''Petrology,'' Freeman, 2nd ed., 1995, p. ...

two-mica granite —a granite containing both

muscovite Muscovite (also known as common mica, isinglass, or potash mica) is a hydrated phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium with formula K Al2(Al Si3 O10)( F,O H)2, or ( KF)2( Al2O3)3( SiO2)6( H2O). It has a highly perfect basal cleavag ...

and biotite micas), being the showpiece of the "collisional"

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...

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Geography

The Chibagalakh Range rises in the central area of the

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, between the valley of the

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—a tributary of the Adycha, and the valley of the Chibagalakh river of the Indigirka basin,Чибагалахский хребет

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while to the southeast lies the valley of the

Charky The Charky (russian: Чаркы; sah, Чаркы), also known as Muolakaan (Муолакаан), is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is long, with a drainage basin of ...

river. The range stretches in a roughly northwest–southeast direction for about . The highest peak is an unnamed high peak. The Borong Range, another subrange of the Chersky Mountains, rises to the west parallel to it, the smaller Porozhny Range to the south, the Dogdo Range to the north and the Chemalgin Range to the northeast. Lake Tabanda is located in the range.USSR 1:1,000,000 scale

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Flora

There are forests of

larch Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains fur ...

covering the mountain slopes. At higher elevation there is a belt of dwarf cedar and further up

mountain tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets ...

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Озеро Табанда (Lake Tabanda)Landscapes as a reflection of the toponyms of YakutiaRanges of Russia
Mountain ranges of the Sakha Republic Chersky Range

Geology

Geography

Flora

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