The Stanovoi Range (Russian: Станово́й хребе́т), also spelled as Stanovoy Range, is a mountain range located in southeastern parts of the Russian Far East. About 725 km long, it runs generally east-west from the Olekma River to the Mayar River, close to the Sea of Okhotsk, and delimits the watersheds of the Lena and Amur Rivers. Its highest point is Mount Skalisty at 2,482 m (8,143 ft). The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... The term Russian Far East (Russian: Да́льний Восто́к Росси́и; English transliteration: Dalny Vostok Rossii) refers to the extreme south-east parts of Russia, between Siberian Federal District and the Pacific. ... The Olyokma River or Olekma River is a tributary of the Lena in eastern Siberia. ... The Sea of Okhotsk (from the Russian Okhotskoe more) is a part of the western Pacific Ocean, lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula and the disputed Russo-Japanese Kurile Islands on the east, the Japanese island of Hokkaido to the south and the island of Sakhalin, the Amur province of Siberia... This article is about the Lena river. ... The Amur (Russian: Амур) (Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; Hēilóng Jiāng, literally meaning Black Dragon River) (Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or Black River) (Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black River) is one of the worlds ten longest rivers, located between the Russian Far East and Manchuria of...
Although almost entirely uninhabited, the range is significant in history as the treaty definition of the border between Russia and China, in the Nerchinsk Treaty (1689). Nerchinsk Treaty was the first treaty between Russia and China. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ...
The Yablonoi Mountains may be considered a southwestern extension of the Stavonoi. The Yablonoi Mountains or Yablonovyy Mountains are a mountain range in Siberia. ...
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.
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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