The Moma Range (russian: Момский хребет, ''Momsky Khrebet''; sah, Муома сиһэ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

of the

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.''Momsky Khrebet'' /

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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. The nearest town is

Khonuu Khonuu (russian: Хонуу; sah, Хонуу, ''Xonuu'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Momsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Indigirka River. Population: Geography K ...

, served by

Moma Airport Moma Airport (, sah, Муома аэропорда) is an airport in Sakha Republic, Russia, located east of Khonuu, Momsky District. It handles small transport aircraft and contains an extremely spartan layout. Airlines and destinations ...

Etymology

The name originated in the

Evenki language Evenki (Ewenkī), formerly known as Tungus or Solon, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes Even, Negidal, and the more closely related Oroqen language. The name is sometimes wrongly given ...

, where "мома" means wood, timber or tree.

Geography

The Moma Range extends from NW to SE for almost southeast of the southern end of the

Selennyakh Range The Selennyakh Range (russian: Селенняхский хребет, ''Selennyakhsky Khrebet''; sah, Силээннээх) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russ ...

and north of the

Ulakhan-Chistay Range The Ulakhan-Chistay Range (russian: Улахан-Чистай; sah, Улахан Чыыстай сис) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.''Ula ...

, the highest subrange of the

Chersky Range The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River and the Indigirka River. Administratively the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the east is within Magadan O ...

system. It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide

intermontane basin Intermontane is a physiographic adjective formed from the prefix " inter-" (''signifying among, between, amid, during, within, mutual, reciprocal'') and the adjective "montane" (inhabiting, or growing in mountainous regions, especially cool, moi ...

, where the

Moma River The Moma (russian: Мома; sah, Муома) is a river in Yakutia in Russia, a right tributary of the Indigirka. The length of the river is , the area of its drainage basin is . The extinct cinder cone volcanoes Balagan-Tas and Uraga-Tas ar ...

flows from the southeast and joins the

Indigirka The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana (river), Yana to the west and the Kolyma River, Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its ...

. Turning northwards, the Indigirka River cuts deeply across the range in its northwestern part. The

Aby Lowland The Aby Lowland (russian: Абыйская низменность; sah, Абый Намтала, translit=Abıy Namtala) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the t ...

, part of the

Yana-Indigirka Lowland The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (russian: Яно-Индигирская низменность; sah, Дьааҥы - Индигир намтала) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Admini ...

, lies to the north and the

Alazeya Plateau The Alazeya Plateau ( rus, Алазейское плоскогорье) is a mountain plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The area is named after river Alazeya, which has its source in the plateau. There are kigil ...

to the east.

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The highest point of the Moma Range is an unnamed high peak located very near the

Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle. The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at w ...

. Rivers Badyarikha, a tributary of the Indigirka, and

Ozhogina The Ozhogina (russian: Ожогина) is a tributary of the Kolyma in eastern Siberia. The river is long. The area of its basin is . Course It is formed by the confluence of two rivers: Sulakkan and Delkyu, which sources are located on the nor ...

, a tributary 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 ...

, flow from the northern slopes of the Moma Range. In some works the Moma Range is included in the Chersky mountain system.Chersky Range //

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: n 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M , 2004—2017.

References

{{reflist Mountain ranges of the Sakha Republic

Etymology

Geography

See also

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