Tulymsky Kamen (russian: Тулымский камень) is a mountain range in North

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. Located in northeastern portion of

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, the range stretches about 24 km north–south. At 1,496 m elevation, it is also the highest point of Perm Krai. Several small tributaries of the Vishera River, located in the area of the

Vishera Nature Reserve Vishera Nature Reserve (russian: Вишерский заповедник) (also Vishersky) is a Russian ''zapovednik'' (strict nature reserve) in the middle latitudes of the Ural Mountains in Perm Krai, Russia. It covers an area of 2,412 km2, ...

, originate from the generally steeper western slopes of the range.

Etymology

The word "Tulym", in some Tatar dialects, means "rocks sticking out of the river", and in the

Komi-Yodzyak language The Komi-Yazva language (Коми-Ёдз кыл, ''Komi-Yodz kyl'') is spoken mostly in Krasnovishersky District of Perm Krai in Russia, in the basin of the Yazva (Yodz) River. It is a Permic language closely related to Komi-Zyrian and Perm ...

it means "rapids", likely referring to the rapids on the Vishera River. In the

Mansi language The Mansi languages are spoken by the Mansi people in Russia along the Ob River and its tributaries, in the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Sverdlovsk Oblast. Traditionally considered a single language, they constitute a branch of the Ural ...

, the range has two names: ‘Yaktyl-ya-Nyor’ (range of rapids river) and ‘Luv-Nyor’ (horse-stone).

Characteristics

The ridge is composed mainly of rocks: effusives of basalt composition, green shales, while the eastern part is composed of quartzite-sandstones and green shales. The maximum length of the range from north to south is about 24 km, while its maximum width is 7 km. The slopes of the

ridge A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...

are steep, with slopes up to 45 degrees, especially on the western and eastern sides. Avalanches come down here in winter. The peaks are cone-shaped and separated by a gentle saddle. The crested part of the ridge is covered with kurums.

Hydrography

The

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of the ridge are fed by: the western one by the left tributaries of the Vishera River; the eastern one by tributaries of the Bolshaya Moiva River. Near the ridge, in its western part, flows the Vishera River, to the north of the ridge - the Moiwa River, to the east - the Bolshaya Moiva River.

Flora

Up to a height of 800 m, mainly fir and

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...

forests grow, but

Siberian cedar ''Pinus sibirica'', or Siberian pine, in the family Pinaceae is a species of pine tree that occurs in Siberia from 58°E in the Ural Mountains east to 126°E in the Stanovoy Range in southern Sakha Republic, and from Igarka at 68°N in the lowe ...

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 ...

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 30 ...

also occur. Above 800 metres there is mountain moss-lichen

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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