[2] The Khentei Range is part of the Khentei-Daur Highlands, South Siberian System.

The relief is marked by a strong degree of horizontal and vertical dissection with numerous faults.

In some places there are traces of Pleistocene glaciation and lakes of glacial origin.

[2] The slopes of the range are covered with mountain taiga and pre-Alpine forest.

The higher elevations have dwarf cedar shrub and are often crowned by "golets" type bare and largely rocky summits.