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The Altai-Sayan region, or phenomena associated with it, have been the focus of various types of science and scholarship in diverse fields: Geneticists speak of the Altai-Sayan region when referring to certain human populations from that region. [14] Geologists describe the Altai-Sayan region as the site of a Paleo-Asian ocean. [8]
In the north of the region is the Sailughem Mountains, also known as Kolyvan Altai, which stretch northeast from 49° N and 86° E towards the western extremity of the Sayan Mountains in 51° 60' N and 89° E. Their mean elevation is 1,500–1,750 m (4,920–5,740 ft).
The Sayan Alpine meadows and tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1016) is an ecoregion that covers the high areas of the Sayan Mountains above the treeline, between the Altai Mountains in the west and Lake Baikal in the east. The area is remote and protects diverse species of alpine flora and fauna.
South Central Siberia is a geographical region in North Asia, just north of the meeting point between Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Kemerovo Oblast highlighted Kuznetsk Basin to the west and Minusinsk basin to the east. Altai Republic to the south, Altai Krai northwest of that and Tuva to the southeast
An IUCN class Ia "strict ecological reserve" (a Zapovednik) located on the Kuznetsk Alatau, a mountain ridge in the Altai-Sayan mountain region in southwestern Siberia, in the watershed of the Tom River and the Chuly River. (Area: 4,129 km 2). Sayano-Shushenski Nature Reserve.
The Altai Structures reach into Russia, representing the extent of a mobile belt primarily lying south of the border. [citation needed] This is known as the Altai-Sayan orogen and is part of the belt present in Russia, along with the Transbaikalia and Primorje orogens. [35]
The most common Eastern Eurasian mtDNA haplogroups among present-day Buryats are D4 (approximately 29% of the total Buryat population), C (approximately 16.6%), and G2a (approximately 11%). The most common Western Eurasian mtDNA haplogroups among the Buryats are H (approximately 6.8%) and U (approximately 5.4%). [43]
However, nowadays in the same region within Xinjiang, the hunting of animals has been banned by the Chinese government, who had made the entire mountain into a conservation area. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] But the Tuvan people still actively and legally engage in "catch-and-release" hunting of elk using their traditional methods.