Anyui Range (South Anyui Range) - a mountain range in Russia . Located in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug between the rivers Big Anyui and Small Anyy . The highest point of the Anyui Range is the peak of the Soviet Guard (1775 m).
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Anyui ridge is part of the East Siberian Highlands . In the north, it borders the East Siberian Sea , in the east - with the Anadyr Range , in the southeast - with the Anadyr Plateau , in the south-west - with the Kolyma Upland , and in the west - with the East Siberian Lowland .
Anyui ridge is composed of sandstones , shales , mudstones , broken through granite intrusions . The ridge is covered with vegetation. Rare larch forests are located in river valleys, mountain slopes are covered with tundra vegetation, and mountain tundra is at the tops.
Links
- South Anyui Range // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.