Baikal Mountains

{{distinguish|Primorsky Range}} {{short description|Mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Baikal Mountains | native_name = {{native_name|ru|Байкальский хребет}} | image=Baikal 140704 0448.jpg | image_caption= View of the mountains | country= Russia | region = {{enum|Buryatia|Irkutsk Oblast}} | region_type = Federal Subject | parent = South Siberian Mountains | borders_on= | geology= | age= | orogeny= | highest=Mount Chersky | elevation_m=2572 | coordinates = | length_km= | length_orientation = | length_ref= | width_km = | width_orientation = | width_ref = | range_coordinates = {{coord|55|00|N|108|00|E|type:mountain_region:RU_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates_ref =  | map=Russia Irkutsk Oblast | map_caption= }} The '''Baikal Mountains''' or '''Baikal Range''' ({{langx|ru|Байкальский хребет}}, ''Baykalskiy khrebet''; {{langx|bua|Байгалай дабаан}}, ''Baigalai dabaan'') are a mountain range that rises steeply over the northwestern shore of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion10/10-baikalo.htm | title=Biakado-Lensky | publisher=Center for Nature Conservation - Wild Russia |accessdate=2006-10-23 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060928155323/http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion10/10-baikalo.htm| archivedate= 28 September 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> The highest peak in the range is 2,572 m high Mount Chersky, named after Russian explorer Ivan Chersky.<ref name="PB">[https://nature.baikal.ru/obj.shtml?obj=peak&id=cherskogo&rg=baikalskiihrebet Природа Байкала - гора Черского] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> __NOTOC__ ==Geography== The Baikal Mountains are connected with the Primorsky Range to the south, which also stretches along the lakeshore. The Akitkan Range, part of the North Baikal Highlands, is a northern extension of the mountain chain. These mountains are the origin of the Lena River. The Lena-Angara Plateau, part of the Central Siberian Plateau, lies to the west of the Baikal Mountains.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref>

==Flora== The mountain slopes near Lake Baikal are densely wooded with grey alder, Eurasian aspen, downy birch, Siberian larch, Siberian fir, Scots pine, and Siberian spruce.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.irkutsk.org/baikal/gallery2.htm | title=Images of the Baikal from various sources | publisher= | accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060927201347/http://www.traveleastrussia.com/buryatia.html The Republic of Buryatia] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070430013539/http://www.magicbaikal.ru/album-en/burkhan/pages/baikal-40f10.htm Photo] *[http://www.irkutsk.org/baikal/gallery2.htm Photos of lake and mountain areas]

{{Authority control}} Category:Mountain ranges of Russia Category:Landforms of Irkutsk Oblast Category:Landforms of Buryatia Category:South Siberian Mountains