The Baikal Mountains or Baikal Range (, Baykalskiy khrebet; , Baigalai dabaan) are a mountain range that rises steeply over the northwestern shore of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia.[ Природа Байкала - гора Черского ]
Geography
The Baikal Mountains are connected with the
Primorsky Range to the south, which also stretches along the lakeshore. The
Akitkan Range, part of the North Baikal Highlands, is a northern extension of the mountain chain.
These mountains are the origin of the
Lena River. The Lena-Angara Plateau, part of the Central Siberian Plateau, lies to the west of the Baikal Mountains.
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Flora
The mountain slopes near Lake Baikal are densely wooded with
grey alder,
aspen,
downy birch,
Siberian larch,
Siberian fir,
Scots pine, and
Siberian spruce.
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