Olyokma-Stanovik

The Olyokma-Stanovik is a system of mountain ranges in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The western end of the range reaches into Amur Oblast.

Geography

The Olyokma-Stanovik is part of the South Siberian System. It consists in a number of ranges of moderate height rising in the area of the sources of the Olyokma River and stretches roughly northeastwards for over. The width of the group of ranges reaches a maximum of in its central part. Some of the ranges are separated by intermontane basins, such as the Upper Olyokma Depression, the Tungir Depression and the Nenyugin Depression.
The average summits of the Olyokma-Stanovik reach between and. The highest point is a high Golets Kropotkin. The range rises in an area prone to earthquakes.

Subranges

The ranges of the highlands include the following:

Muroy Range, highest point high Golets Kropotkin
Olyokma-Stanovik Range, highest point
Khorkovy Range, highest point high Urguchanskiy Golets
Tungir Range, highest point high Mount Guran
Cheromny Range, highest point
Western Lyundor Range, highest point
Urusha Range, highest point ; it includes the Nyukzha Ridge, a spur of the range where the sources of the Nyukzha river are located.
Kiteme-Yunikal, located in Tyndinsky District, Amur Oblast

Hydrography

The Olyokma-Stanovik forms the main watershed between the rivers of the Lena basin and the ones of the Amur basin. The Olyokma, a right tributary of the Lena, and its tributaries Srednyaya Mokla, Tungir and Nyukzha have their sources in the highlands. Other important rivers originating in the highlands are the Nercha, Kuenga and Cherna, left tributaries of the Shilka, as well as the left tributaries of the Amur: Amazar, Urka and Urusha, among others.

Flora

The slopes of the range are covered with larch taiga and pre-Alpine woodland up to, with dwarf birch in the bottoms of the river valleys. At elevations above there is mountain tundra. Many peaks are crowned by ‘’golets’’ type bare summits.