Ulan-Burgas Explained

Ulan-Burgas
Other Name:
Country:Russia
Region Type:Federal subject
Region:Buryatia
Border:Selenga Highlands
Highest:Khurkhag
Elevation M:2033
Range Coordinates:52.8333°N 112°W
Parent:South Siberian System
Geology:Metamorphic rock with granite intrusions
Map:Russia Buryatia
Length Km:200
Length Orientation:NE/SW
Width Km:50
Width Orientation:NW/SE
Easiest Route:From Ulan-Ude

Ulan-Burgas (;, from улаан - "red", and бургааһан, "small birch" or "shrub"),[1] is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia.

The range is located close to Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia.[2]

Geography

The Ulan-Burgas range is located in Central Buryatia. It rises east of the Baikal Lake, stretching for from southwest to northeast between the valley of the Selenga River to the Vitim Plateau. The width of the range is from and and its average elevation between 1400m (4,600feet) and 1800m (5,900feet). The highest peak is Khurkhag at 2033m (6,670feet) located in the central part.[3]

The northeastern end of the Ulan-Burgas connects with the Ikat Range and the eastern and southern ends are part of the Selenga Highlands.[4] At one end of the range is the valley of the Turka River that flows into Lake Baikal and at the other end the Kurba, a right tributary of the Uda from the Selenga River basin.[5]

Flora

The slopes of the range are mainly covered with Alpine-steppe vegetation from the foot of the mountains to an elevation between 700m (2,300feet) and 800m (2,600feet), above which in most of the parts of the range there is a larch taiga forest belt up to about 1600m (5,200feet). The higher elevations are topped by "golets" type bare summits.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://nature.baikal.ru/text.shtml?id=113&sec=21 Мельхеев М. Н. Географические названия Восточной Сибири
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article113911.html
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=T1oNAQAAIAAJ Natalʹi︠a︡ Vasilʹevna Fadeeva, Селенгинское среднегорье: природные условия и районирование (Selenga Highlands: Natural Conditions and Zoning)
  5. Topographic map sheets N-49-XXV, N-49-XXVI, N-49-XXXI and N-48-XXXV. Scale: 1: 200 000.