South Siberian Mountains
The South Siberian Mountains are geographically combined into one of the eight large Russian landscapes of Siberia .
Geographical location
Several independent high mountain ranges in southern Siberia extend in a west-east direction - partly near and partly further north along the borders with Mongolia and China - over a length of more than 3,000 km. In the south, the South Siberian Mountains merge into the Mongolian and Chinese mountains and high plateaus - so in the west into the basin landscape of Djungaria (China, Sinkiang province) and in the east into the Mongolian plateau (eastern Mongolia). In the north they border - within Russia - on the West Siberian Plain and the Central Siberian Mountains .
Mountains
The individual mountains and highlands of the South Siberian Mountains are (from west to east) with a maximum height in meters (m):
- Altai (western part of the Russian Altai ) - 4506 m
- Kuznetsk Alatau - 2211.3 m
- Sayan Mountains (West and East Sayan) - 3492 m
- Tannu-ola Mountains - 3061 m
- Baikal Mountains - 2588 m
- Borschtschowochny Mountains - 1498 m
- Jablonowy Mountains - 1706 m
- Witim plateau - 1600 m
- Stanowoi Highlands - 3,072.6 m
- Patom highlands - 2148 m
- Aldan highlands - 2306 m
- Stanovoi Mountains - 2412 m
Waters
Rivers:
Four of the great rivers of Siberia (from west to east) have their source within the South Siberian Mountains :
Lakes:
- Lake Baikal - deepest lake on earth
Cities
In the South Siberian Mountains there are these big cities (from west to east):