Abakan Range ( Russian : Абаканский хребет ) is a mountain range in Southwestern Siberia , located mainly in Khakassia , Russia : It is mostly covered by taiga , up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft), followed by mountainous tundra . The range also consists sparse areas of granite, gabbro , and diorite .
3-740: The range has a length of 300 km (190 mi) and an elevation of up to 1,984 m (6,509 ft). It is at the southern border of the Kuznetsk Depression that contains the Kuznetsk Basin of Kemerovo Oblast . The range is part of the water divide between Abakan River , Tom River , and Lebed River . It is a Northern extension of Altai Mountains and Southern extension of Kuznetsk Alatau . The Abakan Range has forests of dark coniferous taiga, which include silver fir , spruce, and cedar, growing on its slopes up to an elevation of 1,700 m (5,577 ft). Higher than that,
6-917: The Northeast, Salair Ridge to the Southwest, and Mountainous Shoria to the South. It is within Kemerovo Oblast . The depression has elevations up to 500 metres (1,600 ft),. It has an area of 70,000 km , with a length of 400 kilometres (250 mi) and width of 120 kilometres (75 mi). It is split by a network of river valleys. The major rivers are the Tom River and Inya River , with other tributaries of Ob River . The central section has several Mesozoic basalt mountain ridges with heights of 600–740 metres (1,970–2,430 ft). They include Taradanov's Ridge, Saltymakov's Ridge, and
9-435: The mountains are covered in tundra. This Kemerovo Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Khakassia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kuznetsk Depression Kuznetsk Depression ( Russian : Кузнецкая котловина , Kuznetskaya kotlovina ) is located among mountains of South-Central Siberia , including: Kuznetsk Alatau to
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