The Kalar Range (Russian: Каларский хребет, romanized: Kalarskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Zabaykalsky Krai and the NW end of Amur Oblast, Russian Federation. The highest point of the range is 2,520 m (8,270 ft) high Skalisty Golets.[1][2][3]

Kalar Range Каларский хребет
One of the right tributaries of the Kalar river
Highest point
Peak	Skalisty Golets
Elevation	2,520 m (8,270 ft)
Coordinates	56°24′01″N 119°05′04″E
Dimensions
Length	350 km (220 mi) WSW / ENE
Width	70 km (43 mi)
Geography
Location in Zabaykalsky Krai
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Zabaykalsky Krai / Amur Oblast
Range coordinates	56°20′N 118°0′E
Parent range	Stanovoy Highlands South Siberian System
Geology
Age of rock	Early Archean and Proterozoic
Type of rock	Granite, metamorphic rock

The range is part of the Udokan Ore Region that includes the Kodar and Udokan ranges.[4]

History

Located in a desolate area, the Kalar Range was first described and roughly put on the map in 1857 by A.F. Usoltsev, Lieutenant of the Corps of Military Topographers of the Russian Imperial Army. Usoltsev sighted the range from the right bank of the Kalar River.[5]

Geography

The Kalar Range belongs to the Stanovoy Highlands. It stretches from WSW to ENE for roughly 350 km (220 mi) from the Vitim river valley to the Olyokma, both right tributaries of the Lena. To the north it borders the Chara depression —in the upper reaches of the Chara river, and the western spurs of the Udokan Range. To the south the range is bound by the valley of the Kalar river, a right tributary of the Vitim, which separates it from the Yankan Range. While peaks in the western part are generally flat-topped, the eastern end has a more marked alpine relief.[6]

Hydrography

A number of rivers have their sources in the range, including the Kalar river, with its right tributaries Katugin, Chukundu and Bugungda. Also the right tributaries of the Vitim river, Taksimo and Kuanda, the left tributaries of the Olyokma, Tas-Yuryah and Imangra, as well as several right tributaries of the Chara, also a left tributary of the Olyokma. River Nyukzha flows across the range in its eastern part.[2]

Flora

The higher slopes of the range are mainly covered with sparse coniferous forest, while below 1,100 m (3,600 ft) to 1,400 m (4,600 ft) mountain larch taiga predominates.[2]

See also

• Baikal Rift Zone
• List of mountains and hills of Russia

References

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[it] Monti del Kalar

[ru] Каларский хребет