Barguse Mountains
| Barguse Mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | . ( 2840 m ) | |
| location | Buryatia ( Russia ) | |
| part of | South Siberian Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 42 ' N , 110 ° 24' E | |
The Bargus Mountains ( Russian Баргузинский хребет / Bargusinski chrebet ) is a high mountain range in Buryatia , Russia ( Asia ), towering up to 2840 m .
The mountains, which are around 280 kilometers long in north-south direction, extend east of Lake Baikal . In the west it borders on the lake and on the east by the Barguzin valley , through which the eponymous river Barguzin flows. In the northeast, the Bargusing Mountains gradually merge into the Stanowoi Highlands .
The mountains, in the western part of which there is a large part of the Barguzin Nature Reserve , are mainly covered by taiga .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Bargusingebirge in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)