The Yana Plateau ( rus, Янское плоскогорье, sah, Дьааҥы хаптал хайалара) is a mountain

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in the

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, Russia.

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The plateau lies in an uninhabited area where solitude prevails. It was first surveyed and mapped in 1868 by

Gerhard von Maydell Gerhard Gustav Ludwig von Maydell, Baron von Maydell, (russian: Гергард Людвигович Майдель; 1 May 1835 in Tartu – 17 August 1894 in Koblenz, Germany) was a Russian explorer, cartographer and ethnologist of Estonian desc ...

(1835–1894), a Russian government officer in East Siberia of

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n descent.Gerhard Baron von Maydell (1835–1894) und die Bedeutung seiner Forschungen in Nordost-Sibirien

Geography

The Yana Plateau is located in the middle basin of the

Yana River The Yana ( rus, Я́на, p=ˈjanə; sah, Дьааҥы, ''Caañı'') is a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. Course It is long, and its drainage basin covers . Including its longest ...

. The Yana Plateau is limited by the Nendelgin Range, part of 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 ...

to the northeast and by 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 ...

to the southwest, connecting both mountain regions. Together with the

Elgi Plateau The Elgi Plateau ( rus, Эльгинское плоскогорье;Soviet General Topographic Maps P-54-V,VI sah, Эльгэ хаптал хайалаах сир) is a plateau in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federa ...

to the south, it is part of the

Yana–Oymyakon Highlands The Yana-Oymyakon Highlands ( rus, Яно-Оймяконское нагорье; sah, Дьааҥы хаптал хайалара), also known as Oymyakon Highlands ( rus, Оймяконское нагорье),Soviet General Topographic Maps P-5 ...

with which it forms a

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continuum. However, there is no clear geomorphological boundary with the Elgi Plateau. The average elevations of the plateau surface are between and . Individual mountain massifs with elevations up to rise above the plateau; the highest point is the highest summit of the Arga-Billyakh Massif, located at between the Adycha and its tributary

Borulakh The Borulakh ( rus, Борулах; sah, Боруулаах, ''Boruulaax'') is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The river is not na ...

Hydrography

Generally rivers flow across the Yana Plateau from the south to the north, including the Yana River with its tributary Adycha and its tributaries

Derbeke The Derbeke ( rus, Дербеке; sah, Дэрбэкэ) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is long, with a drainage basin of . It is an excellent river for boating, ...

Nelgese The Nelgese ( rus, Нельгесе; sah, Нэльгэһэ, ''Nelgehe'') is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The river flows acros ...

and

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, as well as the Sartang,

Dulgalakh The Dulgalakh ( rus, Дулгалах; sah, Дулҕалаах, ''Dulğalaax'') is a river in Yakutia, the left, western source river of the Yana. Its length is and its basin size . Course The Dulgalakh rises on the central Verkhoyansk Range, so ...

and

Bytantay The Bytantay (russian: Бытантай; sah, Бытантай) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Yana, and is long, with a drainage basin of . Course The river begins in the eastern flank of th ...

, among others. The Tykakh has its sources in the NW part of the plateau. The middle courses of the Derbeke and the Nelgese, tributaries of the Adycha flowing northwards across the Yana Plateau, have swamps and numerous lakes, including

Lake Emanda Lake Emanda ( or Эманджа, sah, Эмандьа, ''Emanca'') is a freshwater lake in Tomponsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia. The lake is located in a desolate area where there is no permanent population and few visitors. There are burbo ...

( sah, Эмандьа), the largest lake in the area.

Flora

There are mainly

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 ...

-type 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 on the plateau.Янское плоскогорье —

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A.M. Prokhorov Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Soviet-Russian physicist known ...

- 3rd ed. - M, 1969–1978, p. 513

References

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Physiogeography of the Russian Far EastMoss flora of the Yana-Adycha Plateau (North-Eastern Yakutia)
Plateaus of the Sakha Republic Chersky Range Yana basin sah:Дьааҥы хаптал хайалара

Geography

Hydrography

Flora

See also

References

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