Pai Choi Mountains
| Pai-Choi Mountains (Пай-Хой) | ||
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| Highest peak | Moreiz ( 467 m ) | |
| location | Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russia) | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 0 ′ N , 63 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Pai-Choi Mountains (or Paj-Choj , Russian Пай-Хой) is a low mountain range in northern Russia .
The Pai-Choi Mountains form a northern continuation of the Urals and end in the north on the Jugor Strait . The ridge forms the watershed between the catchment area of the Kara Sea to the east and that of the Barents Sea to the west . The Pai-Choi Mountains can therefore be seen as part of the Asia - European border.
geography
The Pai-Choi Mountains, which belong to the Nenets Autonomous Okrug , represent the continuation of the Urals in a north-westerly direction. Its mountains descend directly to the coasts of the Barents Sea in the north-west and the southeastern foothills of the Kara Sea in the east. The Bolshoi Oju River drains the northeast flank of the Pai Choi Mountains. To the north is the very narrow Jugorstrasse, beyond which the Waigatsch island lies. The eastern part of the North Russian Lowlands extends southwest . The Pai-Choi Mountains merge directly into the Ural Mountains towards the southeast, always gently rising. The Ussa rises just before the junction of the two mountains ; For Russian standards, Vorkuta (belongs to the Komi Republic ), the only major city in the local area, is only a little below its source .
literature
- A. Gorkin and others: Geografija Rossii: Enziklopeditscheski slowar . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1997, ISBN 5-85270-276-5 , p. 438 (Russian)
Web links
- Entry in the North encyclopedia (English)