Stanovoy Range

Stanovoy Range, mountain range along the boundary between Amur oblast (province) and Sakha, Russia. It trends east to west, linking the mountains of Transbaikalia to the Dzhugdzhur Mountains, and is part of the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Lena River basin to the north from the Amur River basin to the south. The mountains are generally not high, although they reach 7,913 feet (2,412 metres) in the east. They are densely wooded with swampy forest, or taiga, dominated by larch, but the higher summits are bare. The mountains contain deposits of gold, coal, and mica. The Amur-to-Yakutsk highway, linking Sakha to the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and a parallel railroad from the Trans-Siberian Railroad to southern Sakha both cross the range.