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12-608: Together with the Olyokma, river Chara gives its name to the Olyokma-Chara Plateau (Олёкмо-Чарское плоскогорье), located to the east of its eastern bank. The region is famous for a peculiar mountain where charoite has been mined for decades. This intensely purple mineral, named after the river, is only found here and was discovered in the 1940s when a rail tunnel was constructed. Part of the Russian governmental debt

24-487: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Sakha Republic location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Olyokma-Chara Plateau The Olyokma-Chara Plateau (Russian: Олёкмо-Чарское плоскогорье ; Yakut : Өлүөхүмэ-Чаара хаптал хайалаах сир )

36-716: Is a 4,820-foot-high (1,469 m) peak in the D-7 sheet of the Defense Mapping Agency Navigation charts. The Irkutsk Oblast-Yakutia border runs across the middle of the Murun Massif and the peak rises on the western, or Irkutsk Oblast side. The massif is part of the Aldan Shield geological region. Charoite , a rare mineral, is found in the area. Other minerals, such as Brookite , Tausonite , Yuksporite and Frankamenite are also found in

48-545: Is a mountain in the Olyokma-Chara Plateau , at the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Yakutia , Russian Federation . A 1,454 m (4,770 ft) high summit is the highest point of the Murun Massif in the Olyokma-Chara Plateau, part of the South Siberian mountain system. The massif is about 20 km (12 mi) across and rises in the central/southern part of the plateau, above the right bank of

60-584: Is a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic and Irkutsk Oblast , Far Eastern Federal District , Russia. A small section is in Kalarsky District , northernmost Zabaykalsky Krai . Charoite , a rare mineral, is found in the Murun Massif area of the plateau, rising between rivers Chara and Tokko . The Olyokma-Chara Plateau is located to the south of the Lena , at the southwestern end of

72-500: The Aldan Shield geological region. The plateau is composed of the Lower Paleozoic limestones in its northern part, and in the southern by Precambrian metamorphic shales , with granite intrusions . The mountains of the highlands are covered by larch taiga in the lower and middle slopes. Siberian pine scrub and mountain tundra grow at higher altitudes. Murun Massif Murun ( Russian : Мурун )

84-707: The Chara , west of the valley of the Tokko , at the southwestern end of the Sakha Republic , bordering with Irkutsk Oblast , near the tripoint with Zabaykalsky Krai . The mountain is near Torgo , an abandoned settlement in Olyokminsky District . The Murun peak is marked as a 1,452-metre-high (4,764 ft) summit in the O-50 sheet of the Soviet Topographic Map. This same mountain, however,

96-664: The Stanovoy Highlands and to the north the Lena Plateau . To the east rise the Aldan Highlands and to the west the Patom Highlands . The size of the plateau is roughly 180 kilometres (110 mi) from north to south, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) from east to west. There are vestiges of ancient glaciation throughout the plateau area. The heights of the Olyokma-Chara Plateau are moderate,

108-740: The Sakha Republic in Olyokminsky District , and the eastern end of Irkutsk Oblast, Bodaybinsky District . The plateau is bound by the Chara River , a left tributary of the Olyokma river to the west and the Olyokma, a left tributary of the Lena, to the east. The Tokko River , the largest tributary of the Chara, crosses the uplands from south to north. To the south rises the Udokan Range of

120-405: The average elevations are between 500 meters (1,600 ft) and 600 meters (2,000 ft), although higher in the southern fringes. Mountains tend to be flat-topped, the highest point is Murun , a 1,452 metres (4,764 ft) high summit. The plateau is largely uninhabited. The settlement of Torgo , Olyokminsky District , was abandoned in 2010. Part of the Olyokma-Chara Plateau falls within

132-569: The left bank of the Olyokma not far from its mouth in the Lena. The Chara has 103 tributaries over 10 km (6.2 mi) in length. The most important are the Apsat and the Zhuya from the left and the Tokko from the right. The Sen River flows into the left bank of the Chara from the northern end of lake Nichatka . This Buryatia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Irkutsk Oblast location article

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144-761: Was paid in charoite and slabs of this now expensive ornamental material were stored in basements of houses of the Hungarian capital city, Budapest. The Chara begins as an outflow of Bolshoye Leprindo lake in the Kodar Mountains , Stanovoy Highlands in northern Zabaykalsky Krai . It flows through the Chara Basin between the Kodar and Kalar Mountains , passing the Chara Sands , a 37 square kilometres (14 sq mi) area of active sand dunes. It joins

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