Byrranga Mountains
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The Byrranga Mountains are a remote, low mountain range in the far north of Siberia, Russia, known for their harsh Arctic climate and largely untouched, rugged terrain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Byrranga Mountains canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mountain range ⓘ |
| accessibility |
difficult to access
ⓘ
remote ⓘ |
| biodiversity |
Arctic fauna habitat
ⓘ
Arctic fox habitat ⓘ migratory birds habitat ⓘ reindeer habitat ⓘ |
| climate |
Arctic climate
ⓘ
polar desert climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Krasnoyarsk Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainage | Kara Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
1146 metres
ⓘ
about 1200 metres ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Paleozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalComposition |
limestone
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ sedimentary rocks ⓘ shale ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Taimyr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| humanPresence | largely uninhabited ⓘ |
| hydrology | source region of rivers flowing to the Kara Sea ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extreme remoteness
ⓘ
harsh Arctic climate ⓘ largely untouched landscape ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ |
| length | about 1100 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Circle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asian Russia ⓘ Krasnoyarsk Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ Taymyr Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ far north of Siberia ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Siberia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taymyr Peninsula north-central area ⓘ |
| near |
Kara Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laptev Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | very sparsely populated ⓘ |
| protectedStatus | within Great Arctic State Nature Reserve ⓘ |
| terrain |
canyons
ⓘ
deeply dissected plateaus ⓘ rugged ⓘ valleys ⓘ |
| vegetation |
sparse mosses and lichens
ⓘ
tundra ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.