Tannu-ola Mountains
| Tannu-ola Mountains | |
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 Location of the Tannu-ola Mountains (center left) |
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| Highest peak | nameless ( 3061 m ) |
| location |
Republic of Tuva ( Russia ), Uws-Aimag ( Mongolia ) |
| part of | South Siberian Mountains |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 4 ' N , 92 ° 23' E |
The Tannu-ola Mountains ( Russian Танну-Ола ; Tuvinian Таңды-Уула Tangdy-Uula , Mongolian Тагнын нуруу Tagnyn nuruu ) are up to 3061 m high high mountains in the large landscape of the South Siberian Mountains . It is largely located in the Tuva Republic in Russia , with foothills in Mongolia . The mountain range consists of the Western (Russian Западный Танну-Ола ) and Eastern Tannu-ola Mountains ( Восточный Танну-Ола ).
Geographical location
In the east, the Tannu-ola Mountains in Mongolia merge with the extensive catchment basin of the Selenge ( Selenga ). In the south it borders on the steppe of a vast basin , on the far south side of which the Mongolian Altai rises. In the west it borders on the Russian Altai .
Only the extreme southern foothills of the mountains, which is also bordered by Lake Uws-Nuur , are in Mongolia. In the east of the mountains the Balyktyg-Chem , one of the headwaters of the left Yenisei source river, the Little Yenisei ( Kaa-Chem ), and at the interface of the Tannu-ola Mountains, West Sayan and Altai in the far west, the tributaries of the right Ob -Spring river Bija .
Mountain parts and mountains
The highest peak of the Tannu-ola Mountains with an average height of 2500 to 2700 m is an unnamed mountain at 3061 m , which rises in the western Tannu-ola Mountains northwest of the settlement Sagly and near the mountain Tschureg-Dag ( 3056 m ). The Eastern Tannu-ola Mountains are a maximum of 2588 m high south of the settlement Chowu-Aksy .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Tannu-ola Mountains in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
literature
- A. Gorkin and others: Geografija Rossii: Enziklopeditscheski slowar . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1997, ISBN 5-85270-276-5 , p. 572 (Russian)
- Alexander Judin: Tuwa: Putewoditel . Awangard, Moscow 2004, ISBN 5-86394-161-8 , pp. 145–146 (Russian)