The Turan Range ( Russian : Хребет Тура̀на ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia . Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation .
14-539: The range was formerly a remote area, first explored by Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz during the East Siberian Expedition of 1855. It was mapped by Arseniy Usoltsev together with geological engineer Pyotr Gorlov in 1958. A railway tunnel of the Baikal–Amur Mainline was built across the range. The Turan is a range in northeastern Siberia, located in the southeastern end of Amur Oblast and
28-900: A field expedition astronomer (1849-1853) to study the Amur River , astronomer Schwarz led (1854-1862) the East Siberian Expedition of 1855 which extensively explored unknown and unmapped territory in Eastern Siberia , such as the Turan Range and the North Baikal Highlands . The Siberian expedition went into central Asia, southeastern Asia, and northern China. Some of the routes travelled were as long as 10,000 miles. Utilizing his prior Amur field knowledge of astronomy he would determine geographical positions of certain points (geodesy) for preparation of geographical maps. The information would later be used in planning
42-488: A scientific name (Phylloscopus schwarzi) that commemorates Schwarz. The bird was described in 1863 by naturalist and fellow explorer Gustav Radde who served in the East Siberian Expedition of 1855 led by Schwarz. His publications include: German: English: German: English: Russian: Turan Range The Turan Range ( Russian : Хребет Тура̀на ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia . Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast and partly to
56-458: The Amur River ) to the east. The Tashina River and the Selemdzha tributaries Ulma and Byssa , have their sources in the range. The slopes of the range are covered by conifer forests, such as larch , fir and spruce up to altitudes ranging between 700 metres (2,300 ft) and 900 metres (3,000 ft). Dwarf Siberian pine shrub grows in the higher elevations. The range is part of
70-547: The Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation . The range was formerly a remote area, first explored by Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz during the East Siberian Expedition of 1855. It was mapped by Arseniy Usoltsev together with geological engineer Pyotr Gorlov in 1958. A railway tunnel of the Baikal–Amur Mainline was built across the range. The Turan is a range in northeastern Siberia, located in
84-544: The Zeya River ) to the west, and the Bureya River (a tributary of the Amur River ) to the east. The Tashina River and the Selemdzha tributaries Ulma and Byssa , have their sources in the range. The slopes of the range are covered by conifer forests, such as larch , fir and spruce up to altitudes ranging between 700 metres (2,300 ft) and 900 metres (3,000 ft). Dwarf Siberian pine shrub grows in
98-587: The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway systems and others in southeast Asia. The volumes reporting the results of the expedition were published in 1864. The separate tomes concerning the vegetation and wildlife reports were prepared by the expedition's botanist and zoologist Gustav Radde . Ludwig Schwarz served as the Director of Dorpat Observatory (now Tartu Observatory ) from 1872 to 1891, succeeding Thomas Clausen who held
112-655: The mountain chain connects with the Ezop Range (Езоп) and to the west and the southwest lies the Zeya-Bureya Lowland . The Bureya reservoir is located to the south. The highest point of the Turan is the 1,806 metres (5,925 ft) high Middle Nanaki (Средний Нанаки) located near the northeastern end of the range. The Turan Range divides the catchment area of the Selemdzha River (a tributary of
126-548: The original habitat of the Amur cat . This Amur Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Khabarovsk Krai location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz ( Julian , O.S. : 23 May 1822, Danzig- Gdańsk – 17 September 1894; Gregorian , N.S. : 4 June 1822 - 29 September 1894, St. George's?; Buried: Tartu ) (referred to mostly as Ludwig Schwarz ),
140-467: The position from 1866 to 1872. Upon the retirement of Schwarz from the directorship on 1 September 1891 the position became the responsibility of Grigori Levitski who held it until 1908. During his tenure in later life he conducted studies of one third of the 10,000 celestial stars visible at Tartu. Radde's warbler , a leaf warbler bird that breeds in Siberia and winters in southeast Asia , bears
154-454: The southeastern end of Amur Oblast and the southwestern side of Khabarovsk Krai. It is part of the Yankan - Tukuringra - Soktakhan - Dzhagdy group of mountain ranges. Its ridges have a massive look, with rounded mountaintops. The range runs in a roughly NNE/SSW direction for about 300 kilometres (190 mi), and its northeastern part is deeply dissected by river valleys. To the north
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#1732780862531168-425: The southwestern side of Khabarovsk Krai. It is part of the Yankan - Tukuringra - Soktakhan - Dzhagdy group of mountain ranges. Its ridges have a massive look, with rounded mountaintops. The range runs in a roughly NNE/SSW direction for about 300 kilometres (190 mi), and its northeastern part is deeply dissected by river valleys. To the north the mountain chain connects with the Ezop Range (Езоп) and to
182-415: The west and the southwest lies the Zeya-Bureya Lowland . The Bureya reservoir is located to the south. The highest point of the Turan is the 1,806 metres (5,925 ft) high Middle Nanaki (Средний Нанаки) located near the northeastern end of the range. The Turan Range divides the catchment area of the Selemdzha River (a tributary of the Zeya River ) to the west, and the Bureya River (a tributary of
196-744: Was a Baltic German astronomer of Imperial Russia , explorer, and professor of astronomy at the University of Dorpat honored with the Konstantin Medal of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society . Schwarz also was a recipient of the Demidov Prize of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg in 1865 for his work in geodesy . Following assignment by Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve as
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