Ikat ridge
Republic of Buryatia, Russia 163 km SV
Description:
The Ikat Range is a mountain range in Buryatia in the Asian part of the Russian Federation. It is located a little east of Lake Baikal. The height of the ridge is 1800-2000 meters, the highest point is 2573 meters. Located on the protected territory of the natural reserve "Jerginsky" in Kurumkan district of the Republic of Buryatia.
The ridge is formed mainly by metamorphic granites and shales. It is typical of fairly flat tops. In the lower part of the slopes of the ridge there is a mountain forest-steppe - on the western side up to 800-900 meters above sea level, and above there is a larch taiga (on the southern slopes up to 1700 meters and on the northern slopes up to 1200 meters), even higher grows cedar stlanic and enters into its rights mountain tundra.