Southern Muya Range

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|name= Southern Muya Range
Южно-Муйский хребет

|photo=Туризм060.jpg

|photo_caption=View of a peak of the Southern Muya Range.

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|country=Russia

|region_type=Federal subject

|region=Buryatia / Zabaykalsky Krai

|parent=Stanovoy Highlands
South Siberian System

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|highest=Muisky Gigant

|elevation_m=3067

|coordinates = {{coord|55|58|38|N|114|26|21|E|display=inline|name=Muyskiy Gigant}}

|length_orientation = ENE-WSW

|length_km=400

|width_km=80

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|range_coordinates = {{coord|55|43|N|114|05|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|geology=Granite, slate, limestone

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|map=Russia Buryatia

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|map_caption= Location in Buryatia

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The Southern Muya Range ({{langx|ru|Южно-Муйский хребе́т|translit=Yuzhno-Muyskiy khrebet}}) is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high Muisky Gigant;{{Cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/hp-yuzhno-muiskyy-khrebet.html|title=HP Yuzhno Muiskyy Khrebet|website=PeakVisor|language=en}} another important peak is 2363 m high Mount Shaman.{{cite web |title=Южно-Муйский хребет|publisher=Энциклопедия Забайкалья |language=Russian |trans-title=Southern Muya Range|url=http://ez.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=2608 |accessdate=28 July 2021}} {{in lang|ru}}Google Earth

Geography

The Southern Muya Range is located in the Baikal Rift Zone, in the southwestern part of the Baikal-Stanovoy Region. It stretches from west to east for about {{convert|330|km|mi}} from the sources of the Barguzin river near the Ikat Range in the SSW, to the valley of the Bambuyka and Vitim in the east. In its eastern part it reaches a maximum width of {{convert|80|km|mi}}. The mountain range is limited by the Muya-Kuanda Depression in the north, and by the Baunt Depression with the Tsipa valley in the south. Both the Bambuyka and the Tsipa are left tributaries of the Vitim.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/n-50.jpg|title=N-50 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=11 July 2023}}

=Hydrography=

Rivers Pravaya Shurinda and Dyaltukta, right tributaries of the Muya originate from the northwestern slopes of the axial or main Southern Muya Range. Lake Dorong is located at the southwestern end.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/n-49.jpg|title=N-49 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=5 September 2021}}

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|File:Southern Muya Range ONC E-8.jpg lake.]]

Flora

The slopes of the range are mainly covered with mountain taiga, with pre-alpine woodland and bare summits (golets) at higher elevations.

References

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Category:Stanovoy Highlands

Category:Mountain ranges of Russia

Category:Mountains of Buryatia

Category:Mountains of Zabaykalsky Krai