[2] The Kropotkin Range rises to the north of Bodaybo, stretching roughly for about 150 kilometres (93 mi) in a NW to SE direction from the southern part of the Patom Highlands, roughly parallel to the course of the Vitim River to the southwest and west.

[1][6] The Zhuya river, a left tributary of the Chara, has its sources in the eastern slopes and limits the range in its southeastern section.

From the southern slopes originate a few right tributaries of the Vitim, all of them small and short, such as the Takhtiga.

In the northern slopes are the sources of some left tributaries of the upper course of the Bolshoy Patom, such as the Anangra and Mara.

[4] The lower slopes of the range are mainly covered by pine and larch taiga, with mountain tundra and band thickets of dwarf cedar at higher elevations.