The Kedon Range () is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google Earth
The Kedon Range is separated from the other ranges of the Highlands by tectonic basins. The mountains are not very high and are dissected by numerous river valleys, mainly tributaries of the Kedon. The area of the range is uninhabited.
History Formerly there was a village in the southern area of the range where the Buksunda (Буксунда) reindeer-breeding state farm operated.Светлой памяти совхоза "Буксунда". Фото It was located at by the left bank of the long Tik river (Тик), a right tributary of the Kedon. The village had 115 inhabitants in 1984 but lost its population at the turn of the millennium. Now it lies abandoned.Горный пейзаж в отечественном искусстве: этапы развития, типология, стилистика
Geography The Kedon Range rises in the central sector of the Kolyma Highlands system. The main ridge runs in an arch to the west and southwest of the course of the Omolon. It stretches from the south to the northwest for over from the eastern end of the Molkaty Range in the south. The southern end is not clearly delimited, with the Kedon and Molkaty ranges merging with each other. To the west and northwest rises the Kongin Range. The highest mountain of the range is a high peak located in the southern part of the range.
Hydrography The long Kedon river originates in the Molkaty Range to the south and cuts across the central area of the Kedon Range on its way northwards. Further upstream of its mouth many short left tributaries of the Omolon, such as the long Pravaya Khulchan (Правый Хуличан) have their sources in the range.1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-71,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-9
Flora The slopes of the Kedon Range are bare and have a barren look. There are sparse larch forests in the valleys.
See also List of mountains and hills of Russia
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External links
Kolyma - Tourism Epithermal mineralization in the Kedon Paleozoic volcano-plutonic belt, Northeast Russia: Geochemical studies of Au–Ag mineralization