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Before the rapid expansion of the Tsardom of Russia, the mountain range served as the border between Mongolian and Russian cultures and cultural influences. [ 2 ] The Sayan Mountains' towering peaks and cool lakes southwest of Tuva give rise to the tributaries that merge to become one of Siberia's major rivers, the Yenisei River , which flows ...
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.
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.
Some historians believe that the Altai mountain region may have been the location where skiing was born, however this remains disputed. Evidence to support the claims includes several cave petroglyphs within the Altai Mountains in modern China that depict human figures on skis that are chasing after an ibex. According to a study published by ...
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 ecoregion for the Mountain section of Shushensky Bor is Sayan montane conifer forests (WWF ID#509). [3] This region describes the mid-elevation portion of the high mountains of Siberia, in the transition zone between the Siberian taiga and the Mongolian steppe. Flora and fauna at any locality is determined by relief and elevation.
Pik Tofalariya (Russian: Пик Тофалария) is a peak in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Although some sources claim it is the highest point of the federal subject, [3] in topographic charts it is marked as a 2,892 metres (9,488 ft) high peak. Thus 2,988 metres (9,803 ft) high Pik Martena in the Kodar Range is the highest point of Irkutsk ...