Ezop Range Explained

Ezop Range
Other Name:Хребет Эзоп
Highest:Unnamed
Elevation M:2241
Parent:Yankan - Tukuringra - Soktakhan - Dzhagdy
Border:Turan Range
Map:Russia Far Eastern Federal District
Location:Amur Oblast,
Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East
Geology:Granite and volcanic rock
Orogeny:Alpine orogeny
Range Coordinates:52.8333°N 154°W
Length Km:150
Length Orientation:E/W
Easiest Route:From Ogodzha

The Ezop Range (Russian: Хребет Эзоп) 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.

The range is part of the Ezop / Yam-Alin volcanic zone.[1]

Geography

The Ezop is a range in northeastern Siberia, located in the eastern end of Amur Oblast and the southwestern side of Khabarovsk Krai. It is part of the Yankan - Tukuringra - Soktakhan - Dzhagdy group of mountain ranges.[2]

The Ezop Range runs in a roughly east/west direction for about . The Selemdzha River has its sources in the range.To the north of the mountain chain rises the Selemdzha Range running roughly parallel to it. The northern end of the Turan Range meets the southern slopes of the range from the south. At the eastern end rise the Yam-Alin and Dusse-Alin ranges, which run in a north/south direction in Khabarovsk Krai. To the southwest lies the Zeya-Bureya Lowland.[3] The highest point of the Ezop is a 2241m (7,352feet) high unnamed summit.[4]

Flora

The slopes of the range are covered by taiga, mainly consisting of larch, up to elevations of .[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geological-scheme-of-the-Ezop-and-Yam-Alin-volcanic-zones-compiled-after-1-3-1-2_fig3_316797492 Geological scheme of the Ezop and Yam-Alin volcanic zones
  2. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article125317.html Эзоп (горный хребет)
  3. [Google Earth]
  4. http://loadmap.net/ru?qq=52.7345%20133.2344&z=12&s=-1&c=45&g=1 Topographic Map N-53; М 1:1 000 000