The Yablonoi Mountains or Yablonovy Mountains ( rus, Яблоновый хребет, bua, Яабланай шэлэ нуруу, ; mn, Яблоны нуруу, ''Yablony nuruu'') are a
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 ...
, in
Transbaikal (mainly in
Zabaykalsky Krai),
Siberia
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,
Russia
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. The range is sparsely inhabited with most settlements engaged in mining. The area is especially rich in
tin
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Tin is soft enough to be cut with little force and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, t ...
. The city of
Chita lies between the Yablonoi Mountains to the west and 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 ...
to the east.
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The
Trans-Siberian Railroad passes the mountains at Chita and runs parallel to the range before going through a
tunnel to bypass the heights.
Geography
The Yablonoi Mountains stretch for about in a northeast–southwest direction. They rise mostly in the western part of the Zabaikalsky Krai, with a small section in the southeastern part of
Buryatia
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...
. The width of the range varies between and . The
Vitim Plateau lies to the north and the
Borshchovochny Range to the east of the range. The tallest peak is
Kontalaksky Golets, a
"golets"-type of mountain with a bald peak, at above sea level.
The
Vitim River flows at the northwestern edge of the range, together with its tributaries the
Konda and the
Karenga Karenga may refer to:
*Karenga (river), Transbaikalia, Russia Places New Zealand
* Karenga Park, a city park in Rotorua
* Karenga Marae, a marae in Koutu, Rotorua
Uganda
*Karenga Community Wildlife Management Area, a locally managed conservation ...
, which flow northeastwards. To the southwest flow the
Khilok and the
Ingoda and in the northeast the
Olyokma.
Flora
The slopes of the Yablonoviy Range are covered with
larch and occasional
fir
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and
silver fir 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, spruce ...
.
Pine
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forests are quite common on the southern slopes of the range. Peaks higher than 1,200 - 1,400 metres are covered with
mountain tundra with bare summits (golets) at higher altitudes.
See also
*
List of mountains and hills of Russia
References
External links
The Permian of the Transbaikal region, eastern Russia: Biostratigraphy, correlation and biogeography
Mountain ranges of Russia
Landforms of Zabaykalsky Krai
South Siberian Mountains
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