# Turan Range > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Turan_Range > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Turan_Range.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turan_Range > Source revision: 1355408196 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Mountain range in Russia}} {{Infobox mountain range | name = Turan Range | other_name =Хребет Тура̀на | image = | image_caption = | highest = [Middle Nanaki](/source/Middle_Nanaki) | elevation_m= 1806 | elevation_note= | listing = | parent = [Yankan](/source/Yankan_Range) - [Tukuringra](/source/Tukuringra) - [Soktakhan](/source/Soktakhan) - [Dzhagdy](/source/Dzhagdy_Range) | borders_on = [Ezop Range](/source/Ezop_Range) | map = Russia Far Eastern Federal District | map_caption = Location in the [Far Eastern Federal District](/source/Far_Eastern_Federal_District), Russia | label_position = | location = [Amur Oblast](/source/Amur_Oblast),
[Khabarovsk Krai](/source/Khabarovsk_Krai), [Russian Far East](/source/Russian_Far_East) | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | geology=[Granite](/source/Granite) and [metamorphic rock](/source/metamorphic_rock) | age= | period1= | orogeny=[Alpine orogeny](/source/Alpine_orogeny) | range_coordinates = {{coord|51|0|N|131|0|E|region:RU_type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | length_km= 300 | length_orientation= NE/SW | width_km= | width_orientation= | easiest_route = From [Arkhara](/source/Arkhara) }} The '''Turan Range''' ({{langx|ru|Хребет Тура̀на}}) is a range of mountains in far [North-eastern Russia](/source/Russian_Far_East). Administratively it belongs partly to [Amur Oblast](/source/Amur_Oblast) and partly to the [Khabarovsk Krai](/source/Khabarovsk_Krai) of the [Russian Federation](/source/Federal_subjects_of_Russia). ==History== The range was formerly a remote area, first explored by [Peter Carl Ludwig Schwarz](/source/Peter_Carl_Ludwig_Schwarz) during the East Siberian Expedition of 1855. It was mapped by [Arseniy Usoltsev](/source/Arseniy_Fedorovich_Usoltsev) together with geological engineer [Pyotr Gorlov](/source/Pyotr_Nikolayevich_Gorlov) in 1958. A [railway tunnel](/source/railway_tunnel) of the [Baikal–Amur Mainline](/source/Baikal%E2%80%93Amur_Mainline) was built across the range. ==Geography== The Turan is a range in northeastern Siberia, located in the southeastern end of Amur Oblast and the southwestern side of Khabarovsk Krai. It is part of the [Yankan](/source/Yankan_Range) - [Tukuringra](/source/Tukuringra) - [Soktakhan](/source/Soktakhan) - [Dzhagdy](/source/Dzhagdy_Range) group of mountain ranges. Its ridges have a massive look, with rounded mountaintops.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article112863.html Турана] // [Great Soviet Encyclopedia](/source/Great_Soviet_Encyclopedia) : (in 30 vols.) / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The range runs in a roughly NNE/SSW direction for about {{convert|300|km|}}, and its northeastern part is deeply dissected by river valleys. To the north the mountain chain connects with the [Ezop Range](/source/Ezop_Range) (Езоп) and to the west and the southwest lies the [Zeya-Bureya Lowland](/source/Zeya-Bureya_Lowland). The [Bureya reservoir](/source/Bureya_reservoir) is located to the south.[Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth) The highest point of the Turan is the {{convert|1806|m|ft}} high Middle Nanaki ''(Средний Нанаки)'' located near the northeastern end of the range.[https://xn--80aaaa1bhnclcci1cl5c4ep.xn--p1ai/cd1/278-279.html National Atlas of Russia. - Cartography, 278-279 "Amur Oblast".] ===Hydrography=== The Turan Range divides the catchment area of the [Selemdzha River](/source/Selemdzha_River) (a tributary of the [Zeya River](/source/Zeya_River)) to the west, and the [Bureya River](/source/Bureya_River) (a tributary of the [Amur River](/source/Amur_River)) to the east. The [Tashina River](/source/Tashina_River) and the Selemdzha tributaries [Ulma](/source/Ulma_(river)) and [Byssa](/source/Byssa_(river)), have their sources in the range.[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/2414/%D0%A3%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0 Water of Russia - Ulma] ==Flora and fauna== The slopes of the range are covered by conifer forests, such as [larch](/source/larch), [fir](/source/fir) and [spruce](/source/spruce) up to altitudes ranging between {{convert|700|m|ft}} and {{convert|900|m|ft}}. [Dwarf Siberian pine](/source/Dwarf_Siberian_pine) shrub grows in the higher elevations. The range is part of the original habitat of the [Amur cat](/source/Amur_cat).V. G. Heptner (ed.) ''Mammals of the Soviet Union,'' Volume 2 Part 2 Carnivora (Hyenas and Cats). p. 338 ==See also== *[Northeast Siberian taiga](/source/Northeast_Siberian_taiga) *[Palearctic realm](/source/Palearctic_realm) *[Temperate coniferous forest](/source/Temperate_coniferous_forest) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB,_1905,_%E2%84%9610_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C).pdf Gorny Journal, 1905] Category:Mountain ranges of Amur Oblast Category:Mountain ranges of Khabarovsk Krai Category:Mountain ranges of Russia {{AmurOblast-geo-stub}} {{KhabarovskKrai-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Turan Range](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turan_Range) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turan_Range?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.