Ulba comb
| Ulba comb | ||
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| Highest peak | Verkhnyaya Ulba ( 2371 m ) | |
| location | East Kazakhstan ( Kazakhstan ) | |
| part of | Altai Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 8 ′ N , 84 ° 26 ′ E | |
| rock | Sandstone , limestone , mica slate , granite | |
The Ulba Crest ( Kazakh Үлбі жотасы ; Russian Ульбинский хребет ) is a mountain range in Kazakhstan area Eastern Kazakhstan in the western Altai .
The Ulba ridge runs in a west-east direction southwest of the Cholsun mountain range and west of the Chamir river valley. It has a length of about 100 km. The Ulba ridge is cut through by the Buchtarma tributary Turgyssyn . The mountain range reaches a maximum height of 2,371 m in the Verkhnyaya Ulba (Верхняя Ульба) . The mountains consist of sandstone , limestone , crystalline mica slate and granite . The mountain range has gently rising peaks. The lower slopes are covered by steppe vegetation. At higher altitudes there is mixed forest, in the northeast mainly coniferous forest.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Article Ulba-Kamm in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)