Northern Muya Range
{{Short description|Mountain range in Russia}}
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|name= Northern Muya Range
Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т
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|photo_caption=View of the Northern Muya Range from a train on the Baikal Amur Mainline.
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|country=Russia
|region_type=Federal subject
|region=Buryatia / Irkutsk Oblast
|parent=Stanovoy Highlands
South Siberian System
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|geology=Granites, crystalline schistss
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The Northern Muya Range ({{langx|ru|Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т|translit=Severo-Muyskiy khrebet}}) is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands.Google Earth
The Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railway traverses the southern end of the mountain range via the Severomuysky Tunnel.
Geography
The Northern Muya Range stretches from the valley of the Svetlaya river, a left tributary of the Upper Angara, in the southwest, to the valley of the Vitim in the northeast. The Upper Angara Depression lies to the northwest and the Muya-Kuanda Depression to the southeast. To the north it runs parallel with the Delyun-Uran Range just south of it,{{cite web |url=http://tapemark.narod.ru/geograf/4_2_7.html |title=Физическая география СССР - Ландшафтные области гор Южной Сибири - Байкальско-Становая область |trans-title=Physical geography of the USSR - Landscape areas of the mountains of Southern Siberia - Baikal-Stanovaya region |website=tapemark.narod.ru |access-date=3 December 2023}} and to the south with the Muyakan Range. The highest summit of the range is a {{convert|2537|m|abbr=on}} high mountain located in its extreme southwestern part. Peaks and ridges have sharp glacial shapes in the central sector of the range, while flat summits predominate on the periphery. In its southwestern part the Northern Muya Range is broken by the valley of the Kotera.
=Hydrography=
The Northern Muya Range separates the basins of the Upper Angara and Muya Rivers.
Among the rivers having their sources in the range are the Upper Angara and its left tributaries Yanchui and Angarakan, several tributaries of the Vitim, such as the Mamakan and Muya. The rivers Parama and Yanguda also originate from it.{{cite web |url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article100649.html |publisher=Great Soviet Encyclopedia |title=Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т |trans-title=Severo-Muysky ridge |website=bse.sci-lib.com |access-date=3 December 2023}}
Flora
The slopes of the range are mainly covered with larch taiga, with mountain tundra above {{convert|1200|m|abbr=on}}. The river valleys are swampy, with meadows and pine forests on the lower slopes and the north-facing sides.
See also
References
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External links
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Category:Mountain ranges of Russia
Category:Physiographic provinces
Category:Mountains of Buryatia
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