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	Activities in Russia
		In the southwest and the southern border regions lie the Caucasus and Altai mountains.
		Both ranges are comparable in climate and ecology to the Alps or the Rocky mountains, with alpine mountain valleys ringed by evergeeens and carpeted with wildflowers.
		In the southeast is the wondrous expanse of Lake Baikal, nestled in a massive mountain valley ringed by protected nature reserves and parks.
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	Asia - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		To the south of this, between the Tian Mountains and the Karakorum and Kunlun, lies the vast Tarim Basin in which is found one of the largest middle-latitude deserts, the Takla Makan.
		To the west, flowing from the slopes of the Tian Mountains and the Pamirs themselves, are rivers such as the Ili, the Syr Darya, and the Amu Darya, which drain into interior seas—Lake Balqash in the case of the Ili; the Aral Sea for the other two.
		In places where orographic factors (that is, mountains) intervene, the winter is likely to be wet, as is the case along the eastern coastal areas of the Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia, and in parts of southern India.
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	Geography of Russia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Ural Mountains are the most famous of the country's mountain ranges because they form the natural boundary between Europe and Asia and contain valuable mineral deposits.
		The plain is bounded on the south by the Baikal Mountains system and on the north by the North Siberian Lowland, an extension of the West Siberian Plain extending into the Taymyr Peninsula on the Arctic Ocean.
		In the mountain system west of Lake Baikal in south-central Siberia, the highest elevations are 3,300 meters in the Western Sayan, 3,200 meters in the Eastern Sayan, and 4,500 meters at Belukha Mountain in the Altay Mountains.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Geography_of_Russia (4137 words)

	Manchuria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Khingan Mountains in the west are a Triassic mountain range formed by the collision of the North China Craton with the Siberian Craton, which in fact marked the final stage of the formation of the Supercontinent Pangaea.
		South of the Stanovoy Mountains, the basin of the Amur and its tributaries belonged to the Manchu Empire.
		North of the Stanovoy Mountains, the Uda valley and Siberia belonged to the Russian Empire.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ma/Manchuria.htm (2959 words)

	Manchuria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To the north, the boundary with Siberia was fixed by the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) asrunning along the watershed of the Stanovoy mountains.
		South of the Stanovoy Mountains, the basin of the Amur and its tributaries belonged to the Manchu Empire.
		Northof the Stanovoy Mountains, the Uda valley and Siberia belonged to the Russian Empire.
	www.therfcc.org /manchuria-18190.html (936 words)

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		The Khingan Mountains in the west are a Triassic mountain range formed by the collision of the North China Craton with the Siberian Craton, which in fact marked the final stage of the formation of the supercontinent Pangaea.
		South of the Stanovoy Mountains, the basin of the Amur and its tributaries belonged to the Manchu Empire.
		North of the Stanovoy Mountains, the Uda valley and Siberia belonged to the Russian Empire.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Manchuria (2509 words)

	Russia - Printer-friendly - ninemsn Encarta
		The topography is generally mountainous in these areas of outcropping, particularly in the north, where a maximum elevation of 1,191 m (3,906 ft) is reached in the Khibiny Mountains of the central Kola Peninsula.
		The Caucasus Mountains comprise two major folded mountain chains divided along their entire extent by a lowland, with the older northern chain, the Greater Caucasus (Bolshoi Kavkaz), forming part of Russia’s southern border.
		To the south of this zone is a broad belt of subarctic climate; in the west it reaches almost as far south as the city of St Petersburg, broadening east of the Urals to cover almost all of Siberia and Far Eastern Russia.
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	Geography of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was here, roughly between the Dnieper River and the Ural Mountains, that the Russian Empire took shape after the principality of Muscovy gradually expanded eastward to reach the Pacific Ocean in the 17th century.
		In the mountain system west of Lake Baikal in south-central Siberia, the highest elevations are 3,300 meters in the Western Sayan, 3,200 meters in the Eastern Sayan, and 4,500 meters at Belukha Mountain in the Altay Mountains.
		The maximum height of the Stanovoy Range, which runs west to east from northern Lake Baikal to the Sea of Okhotsk, is 2,550 meters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Russia (3779 words)

	Siberia (region) - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Siberia (region) (Russian, Sibir), vast region comprising the Asian portion of Russia, bounded on the west by the Ural Mountains; on the north by the Arctic Ocean; on the east by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Strait; and on the south by China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.
		The chain composed of the Yablonovyy and Stanovoy ranges extends from the Chinese border north-east to the Sea of Okhotsk.
		The Altai Mountains generally measure between 3,000 and 4,000 m (10,000 and 13,000 ft) in height, reaching their highest elevation at Mount Belukha (4,506 m/14,783 ft).
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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Amur Oblast
		The Stanovoy Mountains[?] form the dividing line between Yakutia and the Amur Oblast and spread across the entire northern border of the territory.
		Dwarf Siberian pine and alpine tundra grow at higher elevations on these mountains and larch forests with small stands of flat-leaved birch and pine forests grow alongside the river plains.
		Along the eastern border of the Amur Oblast is another series of mountains separating Amur from the Khabarovsk Krai.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/am/Amur_Oblast?title=Zeya (474 words)

	Stanovoy Range: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		This refers to the Evenk of the Stanovoy mountain chain who parted with the traditional nomadic way...the character of the environment in the Sihote-Alin mountain range (where the northern Siberian taiga borders the mixed forest...
		STANOVOY RANGE st n voi, mountain range, c.450 mi (720 km) long, Russian Far East, extending E from the...the border between the Sakha Republic and the Amur Region.
		...by the Laptev and East Siberian seas of the Arctic Ocean, in the S by the Stanovoy Range, in the W by the Central Siberian Uplands, and in the E by the Verkhoyansk Range.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/stanovoy-range.jsp?l=S&p=8 (644 words)

	:: APMN \| mountains - Eastern Russia ::
		The surrounding mountains have pine and larch forests.
		East of the Stanovoy Range, the headwaters of the Lena approach to within a 100km of the Pacific but are blocked by the Dzhugdzhur Range.
		It is a land of intense cold and its vegetation demonstrates a transition from taiga to tundra.
	www.mtnforum.org /apmn/new_website/mountains/ch5_eastern_russia.php (445 words)

	heilongjiang - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Under the Manchu Qing Dynasty, The western part of Heilongjiang was under the supervision of the General of Heilongjiang, whose power extended, according to the Treaty of Nerchinsk, as far north as the Stanovoy Mountains; eastern Heilongjiang was under the supervision of the General of Jilin, whose power reached the Sea of Japan.
		Much of the province is dominated by mountain ranges such as the Da Xingan Mountains and Xiao Xingan Mountains (Greater Khingan and Lesser Khingan), Zhangguangcai Mountains, Laoye Mountains, and Wanda Mountains.
		Forests are mostly to be found in the Daxingan Mountains and Xiaoxingan Mountains, which are also home to protected animal species such as the North China Tiger, the red-crowned crane, and the lynx.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Heilongjiang (1113 words)

	Stanovoi Range - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Stanovoi Range (Russian: Станово́й хребе́т), also spelled as Stanovoy Range, is a mountain range located in southeastern parts of the Russian Far East.
		This mountain range's alps were created by plate tectonics, and low temperatures created the snow.
		The Yablonoi Mountains may be considered a southwestern extension of the Stavonoi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanovoy_Mountains (171 words)

	Manchuria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Khingan Mountains in the west are a Triassic mountain range formed by the collision of the North China Craton with the Siberian Craton, which in fact marked the final stage of the formation of the supercontinent Pangaea.
		To the north, the boundary with Russian Siberia was fixed by the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) as running along the watershed of the Stanovoy mountains.
		In 1858, a weakening Manchu China was forced to cede Manchuria north of the Amur to Russia at the Treaty of Aigun, except for a small region known as the Sixty-Four Villages East of the Heilongjiang River.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/manchuria (2903 words)

	Amur Oblast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Stanovoi Range forms the dividing line between Yakutia and the Amur Oblast and spread across the entire northern border of the territory.
		Dwarf Siberian pine and alpine tundra grow at higher elevations on these mountains and larch forests with small stands of flat-leaved birch and pine forests grow alongside the river plains.
		Along the eastern border of the Amur Oblast is another series of mountains separating Amur from the Khabarovsk Krai.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amur_Oblast (551 words)

	Circumpolar Expeditions - Arctic Tours - Russian Travel - Custom Tours
		The Republic of Yakutia (Sakha) is situated in northeastern Siberia, stretches to the Henrietta Islands in the far north and is washed by the Arctic Ocean (Laptev and Eastern Siberian Seas).
		The Stanovoy Ridge borders Yakutia in the south, the upper reaches of the Olenyok river form the western border, and Chukotka forms the eastern border.
		Kamchatka is a mountainous country with 29 active and over 300 extinct volcanoes, the most active part of the Ring of Fire framing the Pacific.
	www.arctictravel.net /russia.htm (2553 words)

	Russia - Topography and Drainage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The plain is bounded on the south by the Baikal mountain system and on the north by the North Siberian Lowland, an extension of the West Siberian Plain extending into the Taymyr Peninsula on the Arctic Ocean.
		In the mountain system west of Lake Baikal in south-central Siberia, the highest elevations are 3,300 meters in the Western Sayan, 3,200 meters in the Eastern Sayan, and 4,500 meters at Mount Belukha in the Altay Range.
		The mountain systems east of Lake Baikal are lower, forming a complex of minor ranges and valleys that reaches from the lake to the Pacific coast.
	countrystudies.us /russia/23.htm (1964 words)

	Mountain Regions
		This type of a mountain is all that remains of a plateau after rivers or glaciers erode the plateau to form peaks and valleys.
		Mountains are eroded by the effects of wind, rain, ice, and snow.
		mountain gorilla is endangered because of poaching and deforestation.
	www.chariho.k12.ri.us /faculty/riordan/Mountains/MountainsoftheWorld.html (4718 words)

	Heilongjiang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the Manchu Qing Dynasty, The western part of Heilongjiang was under the supervision of the General of Heilongjiang, whose power extended, according to the Treaty of Nerchinsk, as far north as the Stanovoy Mountains; eastern Heilongjiang was under the supervision of the General of Jilin, whose power reached the Sea of Japan.
		Much of the province is dominated by mountain ranges such as the Greater Khingan Range and Lesser Khingan Range, Zhangguangcai Mountains, Laoye Mountains, and Wanda Mountains.
		Forests are mostly to be found in the Daxingan Mountains and Xiaoxingan Mountains, which are also home to protected animal species such as the Siberian Tiger, the red-crowned crane, and the lynx.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heilongjiang (1323 words)

	Hulun - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Hulun was the original Manchu and Tungus name for the territory between the Stanovoi mountains and the Amur river; it was also bordered by the Manchu coast and the Shantar Archipelago.
		This territory is also known as Eastern Holungkiang or Heilungkiang; during the Manchu administration, it was managed by General Kirin, who secured the national coasts from the Sea of Ohkostk and Sea of Japan while the General Heilungkiang managed the West side of the Amur river.
		These lands were returned to Chinese control under the Treaty of Nerchinsk, which established the north frontier in the Stanovoy Mountains.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hulun (331 words)

	Manchuria
		The North China Craton was an independent continent prior to the Triassic period, and is known to have been the most northerly land in the world during the Carboniferous.
		North of the Stanovoy Mountains, the Uda valley and Siberia belonged to the Russian Empire.
		In 1858, a weakening Manchu China was forced to cede Manchuria north of the Amur to Russia at the Treaty of Aigun.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/manchuria.html (3136 words)

	:: APMN \| mountains - The Japanese Archipelago ::
		Forming part of a volcanic zone that rims the Pacific, the island chain may be likened to the crest of a submerged mountain.
		The mountains of Japan are described in three groups as those of Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyusu.
		The northern island of Hokkaido is dominated by volcanic mountains.
	www.mtnforum.org /apmn/new_website/mountains/ch5_japanese_archipelago.php (589 words)

	Manchuria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To the south the was separated from China proper by the palisade a ditch and embankment planted with intended to keep the Manchus out of during the Ming dynasty and intended to Han Chinese out of Manchuria during the Qing Dynasty.
		North of the Stanovoy Mountains the valley and Siberia belonged to the Russian Empire.
		In 1858 a weakening Manchu China was forced cede Manchuria north of the Amur to at the Treaty of Aigun.
	www.freeglossary.com /Manchuria (1182 words)

	Travel East Russia - Amur Oblast
		"The Stanovoy Mountains form the dividing line between Yakutia and the Amur Oblast and spread across the entire northern border of the territory.
		Dwarf Siberian pine and alpine tundra grow at higher elevations on these mountains and larch forests with small stands of flat-leaved birch and pine forests grow alongside the river plains.
		The low lands between these two mountain ranges make up the Upper Zeysky Plain, which is primarily marshland with larch and pine forests.
	www.traveleastrussia.com /amur.html (570 words)

	LAKE BAIKAL NATIONAL TREASURE OF RUSSIA
		The Lake Baikal basin is in a highland known as the Stanovoy Range which is in fact a system of ranges divided by deep intermountain areas.
		First that the basin is of tectonic origin connected with powerful orogenic processes that are still going on in the vast area of the Stanovoy Range; second that basin is of a great age, has undergone drastic changes, and has been forming during millions of years.
		The lake is an inland sea 370 miles long and between 19 and 43 miles wide and, because it warms up slowly in spring and summer and cools slowly in autumn and winter like the ocean, it modifies the climate nearby, giving cooler summers and milder winters.
	hubpages.com /hub/LAKE_BAIKAL_NATIONAL_TREASURE_OF_RUSSIA (501 words)

	Sustainable Forestry in the Baikal Basin
		The Baikal basin is located in the middle of the Eurasian continent on the longitudinal border between the areas having climatic impact from the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
		The following large mountains are included in the Sayan-Baikal mountain area: the East-Sayan range in the south east which continues as the Hamar-Daban range along the eastern shore of Lake Baikal; the Primorsky and Baikal ranges in the west; the north-western Stanovoy mountains; and the eastern Jablonoy mountains.
		The mountains on the western coast of Lake Baikal form a narrow mountain chain compared with the large mountains on the eastern side in Buryatia.
	www.tacisinfo.ru /brochure/forest/files/forest_2.htm (511 words)

	Section 2
		To the east, toward the Pacific Ocean, the mountains are higher and steeper, and volcanic activity becomes prevalent.
		The Caucasus Mountains comprise two major folded mountain chains divided along their entire extent by a lowland, with the northern Greater Caucasus forming part of Russia's southern border.
		It continues eastward in isolated mountain basins along the extreme fringes of Siberia and Far Eastern Russia, and in the North Caucasian Plain.
	members.tripod.com /red_warrior/Ice_Hockey/Russia/section2.htm (1934 words)

	Russia Topography and Drainage
		The Urals are the most famous of the country's mountain ranges because they form the natural boundary between Europe and Asia and contain valuable mineral deposits.
		The plain is bounded on the south by the Baikal mountain system and on the north by the North Siberian Lowland, an extension of the West Siberian Plain extending into the Taymyr Peninsula on the Arctic Ocean.
		In the mountain system west of Lake Baikal in south-central Siberia, the highest elevations are 3,300 meters in the Western Sayan, 3,200 meters in the Eastern Sayan, and 4,500 meters at Mount Belukha in the Altay Range.
	www.country-studies.com /russia/topography-and-drainage.html (1964 words)

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