- Yablonoviy Mountains
Yablonoviy Range ("Яблоновый хребет" in Russian) is a
mountain range inTransbaikal (mainly inChita Oblast ) inRussia .It stretches for some 650 km from the
Malkhansky Range on thewest to the mouth of theNyukzha River (tributary of theOlyokma River ) on theeast . The highest peak of the range is 1,680m . It is formed withgranite s,crystalline slate s, andsandstone s. The slopes of the Yablonoviy Range are covered withlarch and occasionalfir andsilver fir taiga .Pine forests are quite common on the southern slopes of the range. Peaks higher than 1,200 - 1,400meter s are covered with mountainoustundra vegetation.
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