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12-784: The range is part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Kalar and Udokan ranges. The Kodar Mountains are part of the Stanovoy Highlands , which range from the northern tip of Lake Baikal to the Olyokma River . The Northern Muya Range rises at the western end and the Delyun-Uran Range to the northwest. Lying within the Baikal Rift Zone , the area is prone to earthquakes. The range

24-489: A year at an elevation of 2,500 meters (8,200 ft), with 50 percent falling as snow. Although snow can occur any time of year, 80 percent falls in late Spring and early Autumn. The snow line is between 2,200 and 2,600 meters (7,200 and 8,500 ft). Kalar Range The Kalar Range ( Russian : Каларский хребет , romanized :  Kalarskiy khrebet ) is a mountain range in Zabaykalsky Krai and

36-464: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Amur Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kuanda The Kuanda ( Russian : Куанда ), also known as Konda , is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai , southern East Siberia, Russia. It is 196 kilometres (122 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 6,530 square kilometres (2,520 sq mi). The river flows across sparsely inhabited areas of

48-687: Is bounded by the Vitim and Chara rivers, both tributaries of the Lena . To the north and northeast it borders with the Olyokma-Chara Plateau —in the upper reaches of the Chara river. The Apsat River flows through the range. The Kodar range is the highest in the Transbaikal region. 3,072 meters (10,079 ft) high Pik BAM (Baikal Amur Magistral) is the highest summit of the range and

60-623: Is swampy. Downstream from the mouth of the Namarakit, it flows through a narrow gorge with steep over 300 m (980 ft) high banks. Finally it meets the right bank of the Vitim 705 kilometres (438 mi) from its mouth in the Lena . The confluence of the Kuanda is just a little downstream from the mouth of the Muya in the opposite bank of the Vitim. The longest tributaries of the Kuanda are

72-559: The Kalarsky District . The Kuanda is a right tributary of the Vitim . Its sources are in lake Leprindokan at the feet of the Kalar Range , one of the subranges of the Stanovoy Highlands . The river flows in a roughly western direction in a narrow valley across mountainous terrain. Then the valley widens and the river flows within a 9 km (5.6 mi) to 11 km (6.8 mi) wide tectonic basin. Its floodplain

84-588: The Udokan Range . To the south the range is bound by the valley of the Kalar river, a right tributary of the Vitim, which separates it from the Yankan Range . While peaks in the western part are generally flat-topped, the eastern end has a more marked alpine relief. A number of rivers have their sources in the range, including the Kalar river, with its right tributaries Katugin, Chukundu and Bugungda. Also

96-686: The NW end of Amur Oblast , Russian Federation . The highest point of the range is 2,520 m (8,270 ft) high Skalisty Golets . The range is part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Kodar and Udokan ranges. Located in a desolate area, the Kalar Range was first described and roughly put on the map in 1857 by A.F. Usoltsev , Lieutenant of the Corps of Military Topographers of

108-657: The Russian Imperial Army . Usoltsev sighted the range from the right bank of the Kalar River. The Kalar Range belongs to the Stanovoy Highlands . It stretches from WSW to ENE for roughly 350 km (220 mi) from the Vitim river valley to the Olyokma , both right tributaries of the Lena . To the north it borders the Chara depression —in the upper reaches of the Chara river, and the western spurs of

120-524: The Stanovoy Highlands, as well as of Zabaykalsky Krai. Some sources claim that neighboring Pik Martena , rising 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) to the WSW, beyond the border, is the highest point of Irkutsk Oblast . The topography consists of narrow, deep valleys that descend over 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) from the surrounding terrain. According to a 2013 study, the range contains 34 glaciers . With

132-557: The exception of some tropical glaciers, they are the most isolated glaciers the world, over 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) away from any other glacier. The glaciers are small, at most 2.1 kilometers (1.3 mi) in length. The area experiences a subarctic climate , with the Siberian High resulting in very low temperatures and precipitation from November to March. Meteorological measurements taken in 1960s reported between 850 and 1,000 millimeters (33 and 39 in) of precipitation

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144-573: The right tributaries of the Vitim river, Taksima and Kuanda , the left tributaries of the Olyokma, Tas-Yuryakh and Imangra, as well as several right tributaries of the Chara, also a left tributary of the Olyokma. River Nyukzha flows across the range in its eastern part. The higher slopes of the range are mainly covered with sparse coniferous forest, while below 1,100 m (3,600 ft) to 1,400 m (4,600 ft) mountain larch taiga predominates. This Zabaykalsky Krai location article

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