| Kongin Range | |
| Other Name: | Конгинский хребет |
| Country: | Russia |
| Subdivision2 Type: | Federal subject |
| Subdivision2: | Magadan Oblast |
| Subdivision3 Type: | District |
| Subdivision3: | Severo-Evensky District Srednekansky District |
| Highest: | Unnamed |
| Elevation M: | 1486 |
| Range Coordinates: | 65°N 158°W |
| Parent: | Kolyma Highlands, East Siberian System |
| Geology: | Limestone, dolerite, andesite and rhyolite |
| Age: | Devonian, Jurassic and Cretaceous |
| Orogeny: | Alpine orogeny |
| Map: | Russia Magadan Oblast#Russia Far Eastern Federal District |
| Length Km: | 175 |
| Length Orientation: | NW/SE |
| Width Km: | 40 |
| Width Orientation: | NE/SW |
The Kongin Range (Russian: Конгинский хребет or Конгинские Горы) is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.[1] [2]
The area of the range is uninhabited. Geologically the range is composed of limestone, dolerite and andesite of the Devonian period, as well as Devonian, Jurassic and Cretaceous rhyolite, with some granite and granodiorite intrusions.
The Kongin Range rises in the central sector of the Kolyma Highlands system. The mountains are of moderate height, the highest summit of the range is a 1486m (4,875feet) high summit rising in the southern part.[3] Certain sources give a height of 1561m (5,121feet).[2]
The range is located in the interfluve of the Omolon, Kedon and Korkodon rivers. The Namyndykan (Намындыкан), a left tributary of the Omolon marks its northern limit, while the lower course of the Kedon and its left tributary Levaya Kedon limit the range to the east. To the west the range is limited by the Bulun and the Korkodon, while to the south it merges with the northern slopes of the Molkaty Range.[3]
The Bulun, the longest tributary of the Korkodon, and its 156km (97miles) long tributary Vizualnaya have their sources in the western slopes of the Kongin Range.[3]
On the slopes of the Kongin Range are there are sparse larch forests up to heights between 600m (2,000feet) and 700m (2,300feet). At higher elevations the only vegetation is mountain tundra. The barren high altitude zone is separated from the forest area by a belt of Siberian pine dwarf forest.[2]
