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Kuznetsk Alatau (Russian: Кузнецкий Алатау) is a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia. The range rises in the Altai-Sayan region of the South Siberian Mountains, northwest of Mongolia. The Siberian Railway skirts the northern limit of the range.[2]

Kuznetsk Alatau
Кузнецкий Алатау
Highest point
Peak	Staraya Krepost
Elevation	2,217 m (7,274 ft)
Coordinates	53°51′34″N 89°18′01″E[1]
Dimensions
Length	300 km (190 mi) SW / NE
Width	150 km (93 mi)
Geography
Location in Khakassia Show map of Khakassia Kuznetsk Alatau (Kemerovo Oblast) Show map of Kemerovo Oblast Kuznetsk Alatau (Russia) Show map of Russia
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Khakassia Kemerovo Oblast
Range coordinates	53°45′N 89°15′E
Parent range	Altai/Sayan South Siberian System
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Age of rock	Proterozoic, Lower Paleozoic
Type of rock	Gabbro, diorite, granite and syenite intrusive rocks

Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed in the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range in 1994.[3]

Geography

The Kuznetsk Alatau consists of several ridges of medium height stretching for about 300 kilometres (186 mi) between the Kuznetsk Depression and the Minusinsk Depression. The highest peak is 2,217 metres (7,274 ft) high Staraya Krepost, another important peak is 2,178 metres (7,146 ft) high Verkhny Zub. The Abakan Range is at the southern limit and to the north the range descends gradually to the West Siberian Plain. To the east lies the basin of the Yenisei. The mountains have generally a smooth outline with rather steep western slopes and gentler eastern ones.[4][2]

The range is composed mainly of metamorphic rocks rich in iron, manganese, nephelines, and gold.

Flora

The Siberian fir overwhelmingly predominates in the forest belt except for its upper part where, at the tree line (1300–1900 m), the siberian pine becomes dominant. The highlands are occupied mostly by vast large-stoned screes, and also by patches of subalpine meadows and, on some southern mountain massifs, of bushy, lichen and moss tundras. The basin of the Kondoma River in Gornaya Shoriya is remarkable for the Siberian lime-tree woods which are thought to be the relics of a pre-Pleistocene nemoral vegetation of Siberia. All over the upland, the forest openings are occupied by long forb forest meadows.[5]

See also

• Kuznetsk Alatau Nature Reserve
• Geography of South-Central Siberia
•  Siberia portal

References

External links

• Media related to Kuznetsk Alatau at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Kusnezker Alatau

Der Kusnezker Alatau (russisch Кузне́цкий Алата́у; kirgisisch Alatau = „buntes Gebirge“) ist ein bis 2211,3 m[1] hohes Hochgebirge im Süden Russlands, Asien.

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- [en] Kuznetsk Alatau

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[fr] Alataou de Kouznetsk

L'Alataou de Kouznetsk (en russe : Кузнецкий Алатау, dérivé du turkmène : Ala « bariolé » et Taou « montagne ») est un chaînon de moyenne montagne au nord-ouest du Saïan occidental dans l'oblast de Kemerovo dans le sud de la Sibérie occidentale.

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[it] Kuzneckij Alatau

Kuzneckij Alatau (in russo: Кузнецкий Алатау?) è una catena montuosa nella Siberia meridionale, situata tra la depressione di Kuzneck e la depressione di Minusinsk. La sua lunghezza è di circa 300 km, mentre raggiunge un'altezza massima di 2178 metri. Fa parte dei sistemi montuosi dell'Asia centrale.

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[ru] Кузнецкий Алатау

Кузне́цкий Алата́у (от тюрк. ала — «пёстрый» и тау — «гора») — низко-средневысокое нагорье в системе Саяно-Алтайской горной области на юге Западной Сибири, протяжённостью около 300 км с юга на север и шириной до 150 км. Наибольшая высота — 2217 м (плато Старая Крепость)[1]. Кузнецкий Алатау представляет собой не единый хребет, а состоит из нескольких хребтов средней высоты, между которыми находятся долины рек. Является водоразделом рек Томь и Чулым (притоки Оби).

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