The Sietinden Range (russian: Сиетиндэнский хребет; sah, Сиэтэндэ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the

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Batagay-Alyta Batagay-Alyta (russian: Батагай-Алыта; sah, Баатаҕай Алыыта, ''Baatağay Alııta'', ), also known as Sakkyryr (russian: Саккырыр; sah, Саккырыыр, ''Saqqırıır'', ) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') an ...

, the only permanent settlement in the area, lies off the southeastern slopes of the range.

History

Previously uncharted, this range was first put on the map in 1932 by Soviet geologist

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, who carried out geological surveys in Yakutia. After having explored and mapped most of the Orulgan Range to the west, Atlasov sighted the Sietinden Range rising above the left bank of the upper Omoloy.Изучение бассейна Яны
Essays of the history of geographical discoveries (in Russian)

Geography

The Sietinden is one of the northern subranges of the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...

system. It is located in the main ridge, stretching southwards to the west of the

Orulgan Range The Orulgan Range (russian: Орулган; sah, Орулҕан) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.

and almost parallel to it. The valley of the

Omoloy The Omoloy (russian: Омолой sah, Омолой) is a river in Siberia, flowing into the Laptev Sea east of the river Lena. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Administratively the basin of the Omoloy is part of the Sakha (Yakutia) ad ...

river, which has its source in the range, runs on the eastern flanks of the range and along the western side flows the

Kuranakh-Yuryakh The Kuranakh-Yuryakh (russian: Куранах-Юрях or Кураанах-Юрэх; sah, Кураанах Үрэх, ''Kuraanax Ürex'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river ...

. The

Kular Range The Kular Range (russian: хребет Кулар, ''Khrebet Kular''; sah, Кулар сис, Kular Sis) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Eveno-Bytantaysky National District of the Sa ...

rises to the east, beyond the Omoloy.

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The highest point of the Sietinden is an unnamed high summit located in its southern section.Geological map of the Russian Federation
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Flora

The mountain slopes are covered with sparse

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 furt ...

forests and the valleys with

tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless moun ...

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Ancient Middle-Carboniferous Flora of the Orulgan Range (Northern Verkhoyansk) and justification of Age Bylykat FormationLiverwort Flora of Yakutia
Verkhoyansk Range {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub ceb:Siyetindenskiy Khrebet pl:Sijetindienskij chriebiet sah:Сиэтэндэ

History

Geography

Flora

See also

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