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The Sayan Mountains (Mongolian: Соёны нуруу, Soyonii nuruu; Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤, romanized: Kögmen) [1] are a mountain range in southern Siberia spanning southeastern Russia (Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva and Khakassia) and northern Mongolia.
Physical map (Altay, Sayan, Baikal, Mongolian Altai) The Altai-Sayan ecoregions contain and share a name with the Altai Mountains and the Sayan Mountains.The Altai Mountains are a mountain range in East-Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and are where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters.
Map of the Altai mountain range. The Altai Mountains (/ ɑː l ˈ t aɪ /), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain system in Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters.
The southern Siberian rainforest is primarily located within the Altai and Sayan mountain ranges across a range of elevations. Geographic features that the forest extends onto include high mountains and ridges as well as valleys carved by glaciers [2] and river basins. The forest-steppe ecotone occurs at elevations as low as 250 to 300 metres ...
Bolshoy Sayan Sayan Mountains Buryatia [f] Highest peak in the Sayan Mountains Highest mountain in Buryatia Koryaksky [50] Коря́кский 3456 m 11,339 ft: 2999 m 9,839 ft: 199 km 123.6 mi Kamchatka Peninsula Kamchatka Krai
The Sayan montane conifer forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0519) covers the mid-elevation levels of the Sayan Mountains, the high mountain range between the taiga of Siberia, Russia to the north, and the steppes of Mongolia to the south. The slopes of the mountains at the mid-altitudes are covered by Temperate coniferous forest.
Sayan Mountains (12 P) Sikhote-Alin (10 P) South Siberian Mountains ... Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Russia" The following 92 pages are in this category, out ...
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.