The Maymandzhin Range ( rus, Майманджинский хребет) is a mountain range in

Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...

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, Russia.

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Конгинский хребет

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in 30 vols. / Ch. ed.

A.M. Prokhorov Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Soviet-Russian physicist known ...

– 3rd ed. – M, 1969-1978. One of the possible routes of the projected Lena-Kamchatka railway line is across the Maymandzhin Range.Ленско-Камчатская железнодорожная магистраль для территории опережающего развития
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The Maymandzhin Range rises at the western limit of the

Kolyma Highlands Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...

system. The mountains are of moderate height, the highest summit of the range is a high summit rising in the southern part. Certain sources give a height of . The range is located in the interfluve of the

Bakhapcha The Bakhapcha (russian: Бахапча; also ''"Бохапча"'') is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Bakhapcha is a right tributary of the upper course of the Kolyma. The nearest village is Sin ...

and

Buyunda The Buyunda (russian: Буюнда) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It is a right tributary of the Kolyma, with a length of and a drainage basin of .Google Earth Together with the Seymchan that flows roughly southwards on the f ...

rivers, both right tributaries of the

Kolyma Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...

flowing northwards. The

Olsky Plateau Olsky District (russian: О́льский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1292-OZ and municipalLaw #511-OZ district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast, consists of two unconnected ...

lies at the southern end. high Mount Khetinskaya (Гора Хетинская) rises to the northwest, beyond the northern end of the range, and to the west lie the

Upper Kolyma Highlands The Upper Kolyma Highlands ( rus, Верхнеколымское нагорье) is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman. There are large deposits of gold, tin and ...

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The

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has its sources in the southwestern slopes of the Maymandzhin Range and the

and Nyavlenga at the southern end, in the Kilgan Massif. The Talaya, a tributary of the Buyunda, and the Nerega, a tributary of the Bakhapcha, have their sources on the northeastern slopes. The

Maltan The Maltan (russian: Малтан) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Maltan is the longest tributary of the Bakhapcha, of the Kolyma basin. The river flows across an uninhabited area, the near ...

, another tributary of the Bakhapcha, flows northwards, below the western slopes.

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Первым геологам Колымы , Актуально - Вечерний МагаданSE - Kolyma - Колымское нагорьеС Чукотки на Колыму. Несуществующая дорога жизниАНАЛИЗ ФАУНЫ И НАСЕЛЕНИЯ ПТИЦ ЮЖНЫХ ОТРОГОВ КОЛЫМСКОГО НАГОРЬЯ
Mountain ranges of Magadan Oblast Kolyma Mountains

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