Sangilen ( Sengilen ) is an upland in the southeastern part of Tuva . It serves as a watershed of the rivers of the Small Yenisei and Tes-Khem .
| Sanguilen | |
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| Highest point | |
| Highest point | 3276 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Tuva |
The highlands stretch from west to east for 230 km, the greatest width reaches 120 km. The maximum height is 3276 m. The highlands are composed of gneisses , crystalline schists , marbled limestones , broken through by intrusions of granites . Peaks of various shapes: from plateau to jagged (in areas of ancient glaciation ).
Cedar - larch forests grow on the northern slopes; in the central and southern parts (in deeply incised valleys ) - woody vegetation ; on the slopes - steppes , passing at an altitude of 1800-2000 m into mountain meadows and tundra . There are deposits of ferruginous quartzite , nepheline , graphite , and gold .
Sources
- Dictionary of modern geographical names / Rus. geo about . Mosk. Centre; Under the total. ed. Acad. V.M. Kotlyakova . Institute of Geography RAS . - Yekaterinburg: U-Factoria, 2006 ..
- Sangilen - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia . .