Verkhoyansk Range
| Verkhoyansk Range | |
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| Верхоянский хребет Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата | |
Orulgan high point | |
| Elevation | 2,409 m (7,904 ft) |
| Coordinates | 67°N 129°E / 67°N 129°E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 1,100 km (680 mi) |
| Geography | |
  Verkhoyansk Range Location in the Far Eastern Federal District , Russia | |
| Country | East Siberian System |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous |
| Type of rock | Metamorphic rocks |
The Verkhoyansk Range (
The range lies just west of the boundary of the
The Verkhoyansk Range was covered by glaciers during the Last Glacial Period and the mountains in the northern section, such as the Orulgan Range, display a typical Alpine relief.
There are coal, silver, lead, tin and zinc deposits in the mountains.
Geography
Rising from the shores of the
The Verkhoyansk Range has a higher southeastern prolongation than the Suntar-Khayata Range, which is occasionally considered as a separate range system. Thus the highest point of the range in a restricted geographical sense is an unnamed 2,409 metres (7,904 ft) high peak in the Orulgan Range.[3] The Ulakhan-Bom, highest point 1,600 metres (5,200 ft), Sette-Daban, highest point 2,012 metres (6,601 ft), Skalisty Range (Rocky Range), highest point 2,017 metres (6,617 ft), are located at the southern end and were also considered separate ranges in classical geographic works. The two ranges were surveyed in 1934 by geologist Yuri Bilibin (1901—1952) together with mining engineer Evgeny Bobin (1897—1941) in the course of an expedition sent by the government of the Soviet Union. After conducting the first topographic survey of the area Bilibin established that the Skalisty and Sette-Daban mountain chains belong to the Verkhoyansk Mountain System. Bilibin and Bobin also explored for the first time the Yudoma-Maya Highlands, located to the southeast of the Ulakhan-Bom/Sette-Daban/Skalisty ranges.[4]
Subranges
Besides the Orulgan, the system of the range comprises a number of subranges, as well as a plateau,[5] including the following:[6]
- Northern section —north of the Arctic Circle
- Kharaulakh Range, highest point 1,429 metres (4,688 ft)
- Tuora Sis, highest point 990 metres (3,250 ft)
- Kunga Range, highest point 439 metres (1,440 ft)
- Dzhardzhan Range, highest point 1,925 metres (6,316 ft)
- Sietinden Range, highest point 1,929 metres (6,329 ft)
- Kular Range, highest point 1,289 metres (4,229 ft)
- Byrandia Range, highest point 1,915 metres (6,283 ft)
- Kuyellyakh Range (Кюельляхский хребет), highest point 1,483 metres (4,865 ft)
- Southern section —south of the Arctic Circle
- Echysky Massif, highest point 2,063 metres (6,768 ft)
- Arkachan Plateau, highest point 1,351 metres (4,432 ft)
- Tagindzhin Range, highest point 2,084 metres (6,837 ft)
- Muosuchan Range, highest point 1,243 metres (4,078 ft)
- Bygyn Range, highest point 1,152 metres (3,780 ft)
- Kuturgin Range, highest point 1,056 metres (3,465 ft)
- Munni Range, highest point 1,784 metres (5,853 ft)[7]
- Kelter Range, highest point 2,002 metres (6,568 ft)
- Sorkin Range, highest point 1,250 metres (4,100 ft)
- Ust-Vilyuy Range, highest point 998 metres (3,274 ft) (close to the Lena)[8]
- Chochum Range, highest point 1,363 metres (4,472 ft)
- Sordogin Range, highest point 1,352 metres (4,436 ft)
- Khabakh Range, highest point 1,122 metres (3,681 ft) (east)
- Khunkhadin Range, highest point 1,802 metres (5,912 ft) (east)
- Far southern section (Part of the greater Verkhoyansk Range, together with the Suntar Khayata)
- Kyllakh Range, highest point 901 metres (2,956 ft)
- Ulakhan-Bom, highest point 1,830 metres (6,000 ft),[9]
- Sette-Daban, highest point 2,102 metres (6,896 ft)
- Skalisty Range, highest point 2,017 metres (6,617 ft)
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Hydrography
The Verkhoyansk mountain system separates the basins of the
From the eastern slopes flow rivers
Rivers in the mountainous areas are usually frozen between September and May.[3]
Climate and flora
The world's lowest temperatures for inhabited places have been recorded in this region, and there is quite deep snow cover for most of the year.
The mountain range is home to an
See also
References
- ^ News Archive - The Earth Institute at Columbia University
- ^ a b "Verkhoyansk Mountains". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ a b c Verkhoyansk Range // Great Soviet Encyclopedia: [in 30 vols.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ^ Essays on the History of Geographical Discoveries (in Russian)
- ^ Okoneshnikova, M. V., Ivanova, A. Z., Desyatkin, R. V Soils of the Verkhoyansk Range in the Area of Arkachan Plateau
- ^ Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16
- ^ Predominant heights of the Verkhoyansk Range
- ^ Хребет Усть-Вилюйский - Wikimapia
- ^ Snow Cover and Glaciers
External links
Media related to Verkhoyansk Range at Wikimedia Commons- NASA picture
- Chapter 5 Precambrian of the Cover - ScienceDirect
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