Kolyma Mountains
The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland is a mountain range in northeastern Siberia, lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Kolyma region. The range's highest point is Mount Nevskaya in the Omsukchan Range at.Geography
The Kolyma Mountains stretch on a NW-SW alignment and consists of a series of plateaus and ridges punctuated by granite peaks that typically range between. The Yukaghir Highlands rise to the northwest and the Anadyr Highlands to the north and northeast.Subranges
Besides the Omsukchan Range, the system of the Kolyma Mountains comprises a number of subranges. Most are located in Magadan Oblast:
- Nenkoi Range
- Korkodon Range, highest point
- Kongin Range
- Molkaty Range
- Korbendya Range
- Maymandzhin Range, highest point
- Kedon Range, highest point
- Molongdin Range, highest point
- Icheghem Range, highest point, partly in Kamchatka Krai
The northernmost ranges are located in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Kuryin Range, highest point
- Oloy Range, highest point
- Ushurekchen Range, highest point
Hydrography
Many right tributaries of the Kolyma River have their sources in the northern and northwestern slopes of the Kolima Highlands, including the Bakhapcha, Buyunda, Balygychan, Sugoy, Korkodon —with its tributary Bulun, and the Omolon —with its tributaries Molongda, Oloy, Kedon and Kegali.
The rivers originating in the southern and southeastern slopes of the mountain area flow into the Sea of Okhotsk and are shorter: Arman, Ola, Yana, Yama, Taui, Gizhiga, Paren and Penzhina.
