To the northeast they border with the Olyokma-Chara Plateau —in the upper reaches of the Chara river.

[2] The system of the Stanovoy Highlands comprises a group of subranges, including the following:[3] The Stanovoy mountain system is cut across from south to north by the deep valley of river Vitim, a right tributary of the Lena.

Many left (Muya, Mamakan, Mama, Bolshoy Chuya) and right (Kalakan, Kalar, Konda, Sigikta) tributaries of the Vitim originate from its ranges.

Likewise for some of the left tributaries of the Olyokma, such as the Diri-Yurya, Imangra, Khani, Oryus-Miele and the Chara with the Tokko.

Rivers Upper Angara, flowing into Lake Baikal, and Chaya, a right tributary of the Lena, have their sources in the western parts of the mountain system.