Selemdzha Range Explained

Selemdzha Range
Other Name:Селемджинский хребет
Highest:Mount Iryungda
Elevation M:1940
Elevation Ref:[1]
Coordinates:53.4878°N 134.1497°W
Location:Amur Oblast,
Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East
Map:Russia Far Eastern Federal District
Geology:Granite and volcanic rock
Orogeny:Alpine orogeny
Range Coordinates:53.3333°N 182°W
Length Km:250
Length Orientation:E/W
Easiest Route:From Ekimchan

The Selemdzha Range (Russian: Селемджинский хребет) is a range of mountains in the Russian Far East. Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.

There is gold ore prospection in the area of the range.[2]

Geography

The Selemdzha Range is a range of moderate altitudes located in the eastern end of Amur Oblast and the western side of Khabarovsk Krai. Is highest point is 1940m (6,370feet) high Mount Iryungda located in the eastern part.[3] River Inaragda, a right tributary of the Selitkan, has its sources in the range.

The range runs in a roughly east/west direction for about flanking the northern banks of the Selemdzha River.To the north of the western part of the mountain chain rises the Dzhagdy Range and to the south of its eastern part, the Ezop Range, running roughly parallel to it. The northern end of the Yam-Alin and the southern end of the Taikan Range meet at the easternmost limit of the range.[4]

Flora

The slopes of the range are covered by taiga, mainly consisting of larch.

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Notes and References

  1. http://wikimapia.org/18034057/ru/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%98%D1%80%D1%8E%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B4%D0%B0 Гора Ирюнгда - Wikimapia
  2. https://nedradv.ru/nedradv/ru/find_place?obj=5ff4c95692d91472cb25aad9ec03ceba Мариинская рудоперспективная площадь. Золото рудное
  3. http://mapn53.narod.ru/indexn53.html Topographic map N-53; M 1: 1,000,00
  4. [Google Earth]