The Stanovoy Range (Russian: Станово́й хребе́т, Stanovoy khrebet; Yakut: Сир кура; simplified Chinese: 外兴安岭; traditional Chinese: 外興安嶺; pinyin: Wài Xīng'ān Lǐng), is a mountain range located in the Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District. It is also known as Sükebayatur and Sükhbaatar in Mongolian, Stanovoy Mountains, or Outer Khingan Range. The range was first studied and scientifically described by Russian researcher Alexander von Middendorff.[2]

Stanovoy Range
Outer Khingan
View of some larch woods in the range.
Highest point
Peak	Skalisty Golets[1]
Elevation	2,412 metres (7,913 ft)
Coordinates	55°51′N 130°43′E
Dimensions
Length	720 km (450 mi) SW/NE
Width	180 km (110 mi) NW/SE
Geography
Location in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast
Range coordinates	56°20′N 126°00′E
Parent range	South Siberian Mountains
Geology
Type of rock	Shale, gneiss and granite intrusions

History

The range formed the border between Russia and China from 1689 (Treaty of Nerchinsk) to 1858 (Treaty of Aigun).

Etymology

The Evenks grouped the Dzhugdzhur, Stanovoy and Yablonoi ranges under the name "Dzhugdzhur". In Evenk folklore this mountain system is known as the "backbone of the Earth".[3][4]

Geography

The range runs roughly from west to east at the southern end of the Sakha Republic and the northern limit of Amur Oblast for roughly 700 kilometres (430 mi). It is bound by the Olyokma River in the west and the Uchur River in the east, which separates it from the Dzhugdzhur Range in Khabarovsk Krai to the east.[5] The Aldan Highlands are located to the north of the eastern part of the range and the Olyokma-Chara Plateau to the northwest.[6] The Yankan – Tukuringra – Soktakhan – Dzhagdy group of mountain ranges rise to the south and the Maya Range to the southeast.

The highest point of the range is Skalisty Golets, a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak, at 2,412 meters (7,913 ft).[7]

Hydrography

The Stanovoy Range separates the watershed of the Arctic Ocean (basin of the Lena) from that of the Pacific Ocean (Amur basin). The range has many glaciers, which are among the main sources of the Lena. Rivers Maya and Timpton have their sources in the range. The Zeya has its sources in the Toko-Stanovik subrange located at the eastern end.[8]

See also

• List of mountains and hills of Russia

References

External links

• Kropotkin, Peter Alexeivitch; Bealby, John Thomas (1911). "Khingan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). p. 777.
• Stanovoi on Peakware

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