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VERKHOYANSKY RIDGE

ridge, mountainous country in the north-east. Yakut ASSR. It is formed by numerous mountain ranges, massifs and depressions separating them. According to V. x. passes the Lena watershed with Yana and Omoloy. It stretches for 1200 km from the Lena delta to the river. Tompo (right tributary of the Aldan), forming a convex in the south-west. an arc with a width of 100 to 250 km. Southeast continuation of V. x. bears the name of the Sette-Daban ridge, which is distinguished by a different relief and geological structure. The northern end is formed by the Tuora-Sis and Kharaulakh ranges with a height of less than 1000-1250 m. The meridional part of the mountainous country V. x. - Orulgan ridge - formed by the highest ridges - 2100-2300 m (highest point 2389 m). From the ridge. The Orulgan branch off in the east is the narrow and long ridge Kular with a height of up to 1300 m. In the latitudinal section of the east. the heights of the mountain peaks exceed 2000 m. The pass saddles in most of the mountainous country lie at altitudes of 1300-1500 m. The river valleys of the western and southern slopes are deep, with traces of glacial processing, and amphitheaters of terminal moraines are observed at their exits to the plain. The crests of the ridges often have sharp alpine landforms. On the tops of the ridges and massifs there are significant areas of the ancient leveled relief, better preserved in the Yana basin. In tectonic terms, V. x. - anticlinorium composed of siltstones, sandstones, shales, less often limestones (Verkhoyansk complex). In some places, sedimentary rocks are intruded by diabase dikes, as well as granite intrusions, which are associated with deposits of gold and tin.

The climate is cold, sharply continental. During a long winter, temperature inversions are characteristic, especially sharp in the foothills, in depressions and large river valleys. The average January temperature is -36, -38|С. The summer is short, relatively warm in the south in the valleys (the average temperature in July is 12-14°C). Almost an annual amount of precipitation falls in summer, the largest amount - up to 600 mm per year - on the western slopes of Orulgan. Perennial frozen rocks are ubiquitous, which is the reason for the formation of icing.

On the tops of the highest ridges there is a cold arctic desert. Lower down the slopes, on gravel and loamy soils, miserable mountain-tundra vegetation appears, giving way even lower to thickets of elfin cedar, creeping birch, shrubby alder and polar willow. In the south, the lower parts of the mountain slopes up to a height of 800-1200 m are covered with sparse larch forests. There are numerous steppe areas on the slopes of the southern exposure. On the alluvial podzolized soils of the bottoms of the valleys of large rivers, along with larch forests, there are forests formed by pine and birch, occasionally spruce, fragrant poplar groves, and thickets of shrubs.

S. S. Voskresensky.

Great Soviet Encyclopedia, TSB. 2012

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• VERKHOYANSKY RIDGE in the Modern Explanatory Dictionary, TSB:
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mountainous country in the north-east. Yakut ASSR. It is formed by numerous mountain ranges, massifs and depressions separating them. According to V. x. passes the Lena watershed with Yana and Omoloy. It stretches for 1200 km from the Lena delta to the river. Tompo (right tributary of the Aldan), forming a convex in the south-west. an arc with a width of 100 to 250 km. Southeast continuation of V. x. bears the name of the Sette-Daban ridge, which is distinguished by a different relief and geological structure. The northern end is formed by the Tuora-Sis and Kharaulakh ranges with a height of less than 1000-1250 m. The meridional part of the mountainous country V. x. - Orulgan ridge - formed by the highest ridges - 2100-2300 m (highest point 2389 m). From the ridge. The Orulgan branch off in the east is the narrow and long ridge Kular with a height of up to 1300 m. In the latitudinal section of the east. the heights of the mountain peaks exceed 2000 m. The pass saddles in most of the mountainous country lie at altitudes of 1300-1500 m. The river valleys of the western and southern slopes are deep, with traces of glacial processing, and amphitheaters of terminal moraines are observed at their exits to the plain. The crests of the ridges often have sharp alpine landforms. On the tops of the ridges and massifs there are significant areas of the ancient leveled relief, better preserved in the Yana basin. In tectonic terms, V. x. - anticlinorium composed of siltstones, sandstones, shales, less often limestones (Verkhoyansk complex). In some places, sedimentary rocks are intruded by diabase dikes, as well as granite intrusions, which are associated with deposits of gold and tin.

The climate is cold, sharply continental. During a long winter, temperature inversions are characteristic, especially sharp in the foothills, in depressions and large river valleys. The average January temperature is -36, -38°С. The summer is short, relatively warm in the south in the valleys (the mean temperature in July is 12–14°C). Almost an annual amount of precipitation falls in summer, the largest amount - up to 600 mm per year - on the western slopes of Orulgan. Perennial frozen rocks are ubiquitous, which is the reason for the formation of icing.

On the tops of the highest ridges there is a cold arctic desert. Lower down the slopes, on gravel and loamy soils, miserable mountain-tundra vegetation appears, giving way even lower to thickets of elfin cedar, creeping birch, shrubby alder and polar willow. In the south, the lower parts of the mountain slopes up to a height of 800-1200 m are covered with sparse larch forests. There are numerous steppe areas on the slopes of the southern exposure. On the alluvial podzolized soils of the bottoms of the valleys of large rivers, along with larch forests, there are forests formed by pine and birch, occasionally spruce, fragrant poplar groves, and thickets of shrubs.

S. S. Voskresensky.

Verkhoyansky ridge. Orography scheme.

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There is a harsh and beautiful mountainous country, stretching for 1200 km along the Lena - the Verkhoyansk Range, which amazes with its natural beauties. It is located on the border of two large lithospheric plates, the North American and, respectively, the Eurasian. It consists of dozens of ridges of different heights. The Verkhoyansk ridge, with heights of individual mountain ranges above 2,000 meters, is a watershed for the Lena and Aldan rivers with the Yana and Indigirka.

Tectonics and geology

In characterizing the tectonics of the territory, it should be noted that it is the boundary between two large structures, the Eurasian and North American lithospheric plates. The main ranges joined the Precambrian Siberian platform in the Mesozoic Triassic (160-70 Ma). At that time, active tectonic processes formed the entire north-east of the country.

The ridge is a large zone of tectonic uplifts - an extensive anticlinorium. It is composed mainly of ancient sandstones, ancient siltstones, shaly clays, shales with coal seams and limestones.

In places, the sediment layers are intruded by large dikes of ancient diabases and thick granite intrusions. These structures are associated with large deposits of tin and native gold. Strong volcanic rocks, coarse-grained granites and feldspar porphyries, are found in the watershed part of the ridge.

Relief

The relief of the territory is quite complex, it consists of a whole group of ridges of different heights and vast depressions separating them. The main part here is the Orulgan ridge with heights of 2100-2300 m. The highest point is also located here - a nameless mountain with a mark of 2409 m.

Dissected by river valleys, Orulgan is composed of ancient limestones, sandstones and shales. Up to a height of 1200 m, sparse larch forests grow on all the slopes of Orulgan, and rocky tundra stretches higher along the slopes. From Orulgan to the east there is a narrow and long Kular mountain range up to 1300 m high.

In the north there is Tuora-Sis and the more elevated Kharaulakhsky, from 1000 to 1250 m. In the southeast it continues with the Sette-Daban ridge, which differs from the main ridges in its relief pattern and complex geological structure. In the widest part of the Verkhoyansky ridge, heights reach 2000 m. Mountain passes here are at an altitude of 1.3-1.5 thousand m.

The valleys of mountain rivers here are deep, canyon-like with clear traces of glacier processing and amphitheatres of ancient glacial moraines. The ridges of the local ridges have clear sharp alpine outlines. On the peaks and intermountain depressions, especially in the Yana valley, glacier-leveled areas are found everywhere.

Climate

The climatic conditions of the region of the Verkhoyansk Range are rather cold, harsh, sharply continental. Here in Verkhoyansk winter is extremely severe, here is one of the most extremely cold places on the planet and in the northern hemisphere. The average temperature in January is -45.5°C, the absolute minimum can drop to -67.8°C. In winter, with a general cooling of the air, temperature inversions are observed.

Summer in Verkhoyansk is short, cool, and frosts can be observed even in the middle of the summer season. The average July temperature is +16.5°C, the absolute maximum is +37.3°C. There is little precipitation in summer, as well as in all seasons. In the warm season, up to 600 mm falls on the western slopes of the Orulgan ridge. Permafrost rocks are ubiquitous here, which leads to the formation of abundant icing.

Hydrology

The main river flowing in the region of the Verkhoyansk Range is the lower reaches of the Lena. The river here has already gained strength, is vast and full of water. Its width here reaches 10 km, where many islands form with a calm current, the width can reach 20-30 km. In the lower reaches, the depth of the river can reach 20 m.

The rivers flowing from the spurs of the Verkhoyansk ridge to the Lena are rather short, since the valley narrows noticeably from the side of the watershed ridge. The Kharaulakh Range further narrows the Lena valley from the east, and about 150 km from the Laptev Sea, which receives the water of the river, begins a vast tree-like river delta, divided into many channels.

The rivers flowing from the Verkhoyansky ridge to the east, Dulgalakh and Sartang, form the Yana at the confluence. These are quite large rivers, the length of Sartang is 620 km, Dulgalakh is 507 km. Sartang begins its course in Lake Siskyuele on one of the northern slopes, flows along the Yan Plateau and merges with Dulgalakh at an altitude of 132 m. Dulgalakh also begins on one of the northern slopes and flows in the very upper reaches through a flowing lake called Syuryun-Kyuyol, merges with Sartang.

Sartang at 175 km from the mouth is navigable, Dulgalakh at 200 km is used for timber rafting. Rivers feed on sediments and tributaries flowing into them. High water on the rivers of the Verkhoyansk Range is observed from June to September. The lowest runoff is observed from February to April. The rivers freeze in October, often freeze from November to May, and break up by the end of May.

Numerous sources of Omoloy are located in one of the spurs - the Sietindensky ridge. Omoloy flows in a northerly direction near the mountain range of the Kular ridge. Below Omoloy it flows into the estuary formed by him of the Buor-Khaya Bay, which is cold and ice-covered for most of the year, the Laptev Sea. The Omoloi watercourse is fed by precipitation, it is covered with ice in October, the ice melts by June. The northern river is extremely rich in various fish; in its delta, there is a wonderful fishery for delicacy omul. Omoloi was the name of one of the leaders of the Yukaghir family, who have long lived on its banks.

Nature

Forests on the slopes of the ridge occupy an area of ​​63.5 thousand square meters. km., which is up to 24% of its area. There are forests up to a height of 1100-1300 m above sea level. y. m. The basis of the forests of the mountainous country is larch, a hardy tree that has adapted well to the harsh northern conditions. Larch is undemanding to heat, well tolerates extremely cold local temperatures. The plant is tolerant of dry air and nutrient-poor soils.

An important role in the formation of the forests of the Verkhoyansk Range is played by tree-like and stunted birches. There are massifs of aspen forests and elfin cedar here. There are practically no steppes here, but areas of steppe vegetation are found in forests, in flat-topped areas, among loaches, shrubs and mountain tundra.

The shrub belt separates the forest and the mountain tundra on the slopes. The area of ​​shrubs here occupies 41.5 thousand square meters. km., or up to 15% of the territory. The dwarf pine, which is often called the dwarf pine, is widely represented in it. This is a very openwork-looking low creeping woody plant with branches spread wide across the ground.

Among the undergrowth in coniferous forests, on gravelly slopes of river banks, in swamps and burned areas, on rocky slopes and placers, shrub alder is often found. It usually grows as a shrub or a low tree up to 6 m. Thickets of alder noticeably decorate the slopes of the mountains and stone placers with lush greenery.

In swampy areas, in the undergrowth of mixed and deciduous-spruce forests, among shrub massifs, along the banks of water bodies, birch is often found here. It grows most often as a tall shrub no more than 2 m tall with smooth dark-skinned shoots. Around, in addition to chars and placers, there is a powerful development of an almost continuous cover of mosses and lichens.

Attractions

In the lower reaches of the Lena there is a unique natural geological object, the so-called Chekurov cheeks. Here Lena, having already gained natural strength and power, cuts through the rocky volcanic spurs of the ridge. The rocks stretched near the river flow for more than 3 km. This is, in fact, the last rocky barrier that stood in the way of the river before flowing into the sea.

Lena flows here in a deep canyon with rocky banks up to four hundred meters high, its stream is clamped by strong rocks up to a width of 2 km. Almost sheer rock walls rise above its water. Compressed by rocks, the river boils and foams, Chekurovsky cheeks are a serious obstacle for river vessels.

The passage of ships along the Chekurovsky cheeks is very dangerous, the sailors call it the common epithet "cemetery of ships." In the summer of 1957, a large barge hit hard on the monoliths of the Chekurosky cheeks and quickly sank, it was driven along the fairway by the steamer Engels. The barge was loaded with souvenirs intended for the celebration of the 325th anniversary of the entry of the Republic of Yakutia into Russia.

The first of the right-bank cheeks stretches along the coast for up to 1 km and looks like a monolithic horseshoe-shaped rock. The second cheek on the left bank is perpendicular to the first. Between the first and, respectively, the third cheeks, along the fall named after the geologist Ponomarev, along the path you can go to the very top of the third of the cheeks.

Another very remarkable place in this harsh region is the remnant rock of Stolb Island, once torn off by Lena from the Tuora-Sis ridge. A high rock in the riverbed of the Lena, 104 m high, has long been a place of worship for local tribes to the spirits of their native nature. At its top, an ancient sanctuary with traces of fire rituals, a sixth in the middle and ribbons tied to it has been preserved to this day.

A unique corner of this, visible from space, is the Lena Delta. She simply amazes with her virgin beauty and abundance of life. Severe but magnificent ice shores, blown by all winds, have become a home for millions of nesting birds, wild ducks and geese, sea gulls and white-tailed eagles, golden eagles and gyrfalcons, cranes and Siberian Cranes, waders and loons.