The East Siberian Mountains or East Siberian Highlands () are one of the largest mountain systems of the Russian Federation. They are located between the Central Yakutian Lowland and the Bering Strait in Northeast Siberia. The area of the East Siberian Mountains has a very low population density.Gvozdetsky N. A. & Mikhailov N. I. Physical geography of the USSR. M., Thought, 1978. The territory of the mountain system is one of the Great Russian Regions.
In some areas of the East Siberian Mountains, such as the Kisilyakh Range and the Oymyakon Plateau there are kigilyakhs, the rock formations that are highly valued in the culture of the Yakuts.
Geography The East Siberian System consists of several separate sections of mountain ranges rising to the north and south of the Arctic Circle. The main group of ranges stretches for a distance of nearly from the Lena River valley to Cape Dezhnyov, at the eastern end of the Chukotka Peninsula. Although it reaches a width of roughly , the highland region is almost cut in half by the East Siberian Lowland that stretches to the north in the central area. To the southwest the boundary is not clearly delimited, as it overlaps with the system of the South Siberian Mountains. Owing to the mountainous terrain, large swathes of the East Siberian system are uninhabited. The largest city is Magadan.Google Earth Ranges
Verkhoyansk Range Kharaulakh Range Kular Range Sietinden Range Orulgan Range Dzhardzhan Range Muosuchan Range Munni Range Kelter Range Ust-Vilyuy Range Sette-Daban Skalisty Range Ulakhan-Bom Kyllakh Range Suntar-Khayata Range Yana-Oymyakon Highlands Elgi Plateau Oymyakon Plateau Yana Plateau Nelgesin Range Tirekhtyakh Range Kyundyulyun Chersky Range Khadaranya Range Ymiysky Range Kisilyakh Range Selennyakh Range Moma Range Ulakhan-Chistay Range Arga-Tas Silyap Range Chibagalakh Range Nendelgin Tas-Kystabyt Upper Kolyma Highlands Angachak Range Kyun-Tas Polousny Range Kondakov Plateau Suor Uyata Ulakhan-Sis Range Alazeya Plateau Yukaghir Highlands Nera Plateau Kolyma Mountains Omsukchan Range Oloy Range Ush-Urekchen Kedon Range Kongin Range Maymandzhin Range Anadyr Highlands Anadyr Plateau Anyuy Range Ilirney Range Kyrganay Range Chuvanay Range Shchuchy Range Chukotka Mountains Chantal Range Pekulney Range Shelag Range Dzhugdzhur Mountains Koryak Mountains Ichigem Range Olyutor Range Ukelayat Range Komeutyuyam Range Rarytkin Range Ukvushvuynen Range
Hydrography The main rivers of the vast region are the Yana, Indigirka, Kolyma and its tributary Omolon, as well as the Anadyr.Геоморфология России (Geomorphology of Russia)
Climate, flora and fauna The world's lowest temperatures for inhabited places have been recorded in this region. In the south of the East Siberian Mountain System lies the area of the famous Oymyakon Depression, where record low temperatures are registered, even though the region is about to the south of the geographic North Pole.World Meteorological Organization Global Weather & Climate Extremes
The lower elevations of the ranges, as well as the valleys, are largely covered by taiga.Herbert Hesmer. Einwirkungen der Menschen auf die Wälder der borealen kühlen Zonen der Alten Welt, Ch. Sowjetunion (Taiga), p. 188 Rivulets and humid areas in lower altitudes of most of the ranges of the system provide a habitat for the Siberian Salamander,JSTOR - Emmett Reid Dunn, The Salamanders of the Family Hynobiidae a species known for surviving deep freezes —as low as .
Ecoregions
Cherskii-Kolyma mountain tundra Chukchi Peninsula tundra Northeast Siberian taiga
See also
Moma Natural Park
References