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7-681: The Selennyakh Range extends from NNW to SSE for almost 250 kilometres (160 mi) north of the northern end of the Moma Range and east of the Khadaranya Range . It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by the Moma-Selennyakh Depression, a wide intermontane basin , where the river Selennyakh flows and that continues southeastwards along the western side of the Moma Range. The Aby Lowland lies to

14-728: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Moma Range The Moma Range ( Russian : Момский хребет , Momsky Khrebet ; Yakut : Муома сиһэ ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia . Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation . The nearest town is Khonuu , served by Moma Airport . The name originated in the Evenki language , where "мома" means wood, timber or tree. The Moma Range extends from NW to SE for almost 500 kilometres (310 mi) southeast of

21-580: The Indigirka , as well as the Chondon , which flows northwards into the Laptev Sea . Permafrost prevails in the area of the range. The river valleys of the range have sparse larch forests, and above 600 metres (2,000 ft) there is a narrow pre-tundra belt in which alder and dwarf cedar predominate. In the higher altitudes there is mountain tundra . This Sakha Republic location article

28-718: The Yana-Indigirka Lowland , lies to the north and the Alazeya Plateau to the east. The highest point of the Moma Range is an unnamed 2,533 metres (8,310 ft) high peak located very near the Arctic Circle . Rivers Badyarikha , a tributary of the Indigirka, and Ozhogina , a tributary of the Kolyma , flow from the northern slopes of the Moma Range. In some works the Moma Range is included in

35-828: The east and to the north the Yana-Indigirka Lowland . To the northeast it connects with the Kyun-Tas , at the western end of the Polousny Range , and to the northwest with the far north of the Chersky mountain system. In some works the Selennyakh Range is included as a part of the Chersky Range mountain system. The highest point of the Selennyakh Range is the Saltag-Tas (Салтага-Тас), a 2,021 metres (6,631 ft) high ultra-prominent ridge located in

42-677: The southern end of the Selennyakh Range and north of the Ulakhan-Chistay Range , the highest subrange of the Chersky Range system. It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide intermontane basin , where the Moma River flows from the southeast and joins the Indigirka . Turning northwards, the Indigirka River cuts deeply across the range in its northwestern part. The Aby Lowland , part of

49-728: The southern part, nearly 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the south of Deputatsky . Other subranges of the wider Selennyakh are the Nemkuchan Range in the northeast —a small ridge along the river of the same name facing the Kyun-Tas, the Esteriktyakh-Tas in the east, and the Tommot Massif and Andrey-Tas at the southern end. The main rivers of the range are the Uyandina and Selennyakh rivers, both left tributaries of

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