The Ulakhan-Chistay Range ( Russian : Улахан-Чистай ; Yakut : Улахан Чыыстай сис , romanized: Ulaxan Çııstay sis ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia . Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation .
6-648: A section of the range, including the upper course of the Moma River basin, as well as the Buordakh Massif with Mount Pobeda , is part of the Moma Natural Park , one of the protected areas of Russia . The Ulakhan-Chistay Range is the highest subrange of the Chersky Range system. It displays a clear Alpine relief and extends from NW to SE for about 250 kilometres (160 mi) south of
12-576: Is a river in Yakutia in Russia , a right tributary of the Indigirka . The length of the river is 406 kilometres (252 mi), the area of its drainage basin is 30,200 square kilometres (11,700 sq mi). The extinct cinder cone volcanoes Balagan-Tas and Uraga-Tas are some of the main features of the Moma Natural Park . The Moma originates from Lake Sisyktyah on the northern slope of
18-776: The Moma Range . It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide intermontane basin , where the Ulakhan-Chistay River and the Moma River flow from the southeast and join the Indigirka . From the southwest, the range is bound by the Erikit River , a left tributary of the Moma, and the Nera Plateau , beyond which rises the Tas-Kystabyt , also known as (Sarychev Range). The highest point of
24-553: The Ulakhan Chistay Range , the highest subrange of the Chersky Range . The river flows in the wide intermontane basin separating the Ulakhan Chistay Range from the Moma Range in the north and flows into the Indigirka about 1,086 kilometres (675 mi) from its mouth. There are black coal deposits in the river basin. The district centre – the village of Khonuu – is located at the mouth of
30-578: The Ulakhan-Chistay Range is 3,003 metres (9,852 ft) high Mount Pobeda . It is the highest mountain of the Chersky Range and also the highest of Yakutia. In the range there are glaciers with a total area of about 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi). This Sakha Republic location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Moma River The Moma ( Russian : Мома ; Yakut : Муома , Muoma )
36-514: The river. The name comes from the Evenki language , “мома” means "wood, timber, tree". This is the name for the rivers with steep, easy to wash banks that crumble together with trees growing on them, cluttering the river bed. Rain, snow and ice feed the river. It freezes in October, the ice breaks up in late May – early June. In the middle and lower courses the river bed abounds rocky rapids, icing
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