The Olyokma-Stanovik ( rus, Олёкминский Становик; ''Olyokminsky Stanovik'') is a system of
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
s in
Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. " Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai ...
,
Russia
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.
The western end of the range reaches into
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrat ...
.
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The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...
:'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
Geography
The Olyokma-Stanovik is part of the
South Siberian System
The South Siberian Mountains ( rus, Южно-Сибирские горы) are one of the largest mountain systems of the Russian Federation. The total area of the system of mountain ranges is more than 1.5 million km². The South Siberian Mountain ...
. It consists in a number of ranges of moderate height rising in the area of the sources of the
Olyokma River
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and stretches roughly northeastwards for over . The width of the group of ranges reaches a maximum of in its central part. Some of the ranges are separated by
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 ...
s, such as the Upper Olyokma Depression, the Tungir Depression and the Nenyugin Depression.
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The average summits of the Olyokma-Stanovik reach between and . The highest point is a high
Golets Kropotkin. The range rises in an area prone to
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...
s.
Subranges
The ranges of the highlands include the following:
[Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, ''A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands.'' p. 15]
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Muroy Range, highest point high
Golets Kropotkin
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Olyokma-Stanovik Range, highest point (unnamed)
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Khorkovy Range, highest point high Urguchanskiy Golets
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Tungir Range
The Tungir (russian: Тунгир) is a river in Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the third largest tributary of the Olyokma in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The Tung ...
, highest point high Mount Guran
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Cheromny Range, highest point (unnamed)
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Western Lyundor Range, highest point (unnamed)
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Urusha Range, highest point (unnamed); it includes the Nyukzha Ridge, a spur of the range where the sources of the
Nyukzha
The Nyukzha (russian: Нюкжа) is a river in Amur Oblast and Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Olyokma river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drai ...
river are located.
*
Kiteme-Yunikal (хребет Китэмэ-Юникал), located in
Tyndinsky District
Tyndinsky District (russian: Ты́ндинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #32-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the to ...
, Amur Oblast
Hydrography
The Olyokma-Stanovik forms the main watershed between the rivers of the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
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basin (flowing into the Arctic Ocean) and the ones of the
Amur
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China ( Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long, ...
basin (flowing into the Pacific Ocean). The
Olyokma
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, a right tributary of the Lena, and its tributaries
Srednyaya Mokla,
Tungir
The Tungir (russian: Тунгир) is a river in Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the third largest tributary of the Olyokma in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The Tung ...
and
Nyukzha
The Nyukzha (russian: Нюкжа) is a river in Amur Oblast and Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Olyokma river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drai ...
have their sources in the highlands. Other important rivers originating in the highlands are the
Nercha,
Kuenga and
Cherna, left tributaries of the
Shilka, as well as the left tributaries of the Amur:
Amazar,
Urka and
Urusha, among others.
Flora
The slopes of the range are covered with
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 ...
taiga
Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruc ...
and pre-Alpine woodland up to , with dwarf
birch
A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains ...
in the bottoms of the river valleys. At elevations above there is
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 ...
. Many peaks are crowned by
‘’golets’’ type bare summits.
See also
*
List of mountains and hills of Russia
This is a list of mountains and hills of Russia.
List by elevation
Over 5000 meters
4000 to 4999 meters
3000 to 3999 meters
2000 to 2999 meters
1000 to 1999 meters
Under 1000 metres
See also
*Highest points of Russian Federal s ...
References
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South Siberian Mountains
Mountain ranges of Russia
Landforms of Zabaykalsky Krai
Landforms of Amur Oblast
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