Mount Munku-Taiga

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Mount Munku-Taiga

mountain, Russia

Also known as: Mount Mongun-Taiga

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The highest point is Mount Munku-Taiga (Mongun-Taiga; 13,044 feet [3,976 meters]) in the extreme southwest. The climate is generally of the dry, sharply continental type, with severe winters and warm summers. Vegetation ranges from dry steppe in the basins to dense coniferous forests to alpine meadows that are succeeded…
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The highest point is Mount Munku-Taiga (Mongun-Taiga; 13,044 feet [3,976 meters]) in the extreme southwest. The climate is generally of the dry, sharply continental type, with severe winters and warm summers. Vegetation ranges from dry steppe in the basins to dense coniferous forests to alpine meadows that are succeeded…
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