The Primorsky Range (russian: Приморский хребет) is a range of mountains in Southern

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, part of the

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. Administratively the range belongs to the

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. The settlement of Buguldeyka, Olkhonsky District, is located in the range area.

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Geography

The Primorsky Range stretches northeastwards for about along the western shore of

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from its southern end. It is located in the area of the sources of the

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and to the north it connects with the

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, which also stretches along the lakeshore. Its eastern side is made mostly of rocky cliffs descending steeply to the shores of Lake Baikal, opposite

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. The western slopes of the range are more gentle and are facing the

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. The range includes highly developed

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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. The highest point of the Primorsky Range is

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, a high ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak, located in the northern section. Other high peaks are high Sarminsky Golets, high Khargitui Golets and high Moryany Golets.Geological map of the Russian Federation
(in Russian)

Hydrography

The Primorsky Range acts as a watershed between the rivers of the Lake Baikal and the Angara/Lena basins. Short and fast-flowing rivers have their sources in the range, including the

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, Bolshaya Buguldeyka, Sarma and Goloustnaya, which flow into Lake Baikal. Also several left tributaries of the Lena, such as the Ilikta and Manzurka, as well as several small right tributaries of the Angara flow from the range.

Flora

The gentler slopes of the range are mainly covered with

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and

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forests and the northern half of the eastern slopes with

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vegetation. There are bare summits (golets) in the higher elevations.

References

External links

Природа Байкала - Приморский хребет (Nature Baikal)

Lake Baikal Landforms of Irkutsk Oblast Mountain ranges of Russia South Siberian Mountains {{IrkutskOblast-geo-stub ceb:Primorskiy Khrebet (kabukiran sa Rusya, Irkutskaya Oblast') ru:Приморский хребет

Geography

Hydrography

Flora

See also

References

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