Chamar-Daban
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 South-western part of the Chamar-Daban near Ulan-Ude |
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| Highest peak | Baischint-Ula (Байшинт-Ула) ( 2995 m ) | |
| location | Buryatia , Irkutsk Oblast ( Russia ) | |
| part of | South Siberian Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 17 ′ N , 104 ° 20 ′ E | |
The Chamar-Daban ( Russian Хамар-дабан ; also Chamar-Daban Mountains) is a maximum 2995 m high mountain range south of Lake Baikal in the Republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast in southern Siberia .
geography
Most of the administrative part of Chamar-Daban lies in Buryatia, only a small part in the northwest belongs to the Irkutsk Oblast. The mountain range extends immediately south of Lake Baikal over 420 km in a west-east direction and is up to 65 km wide. It represents a continuation of the Sayan -Gebirges, and is through to the northwest of this Tunkabecken separated and north-east of the river Selenga , the closing Ulan-Burgasy Mountains on. The mountains reach their greatest heights in the western part and the highest peak is the Baischint-Ula at 2995 m . Otherwise a low mountain range predominates .
geology
The mountains are made up of crystalline slate , gneiss , basalt and limestone , which are broken through by granite intrusions in many places .
vegetation
In the forests of the lower elevations, Siberian stone pines (Pinus sibirica) and other pines and firs predominate . The tree line is at an altitude of 1,500 to 1,800 m .
tourism
Thanks to its relatively convenient location (the Trans-Siberian Railway runs at the foot of the mountains along the shores of Lake Baikal) and its narrow width and thus small distances for Siberia, the Chamar-Daban is a popular destination for trekking and canoe tours (e.g. Temnik , Sneschnaja ) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Chamar-Daban in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)