[3] The range is located in a remote area and was unexplored until mid 19th century.

The German surveyor of the Russian service Ludwig Schwarz was assigned to it as an astronomer.

[4] The Yam-Alin and the Dusse-Alin to the south of it are northern prolongations of the Bureya Range.

Some of the right tributaries of the Selemzha, such as the Takh-Urak, Kumusun and Selitkan, have their sources in the western slopes of the range.

[5][7][8] The lower slopes of the range are covered with coniferous forests up to altitudes of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), followed by thickets of dwarf cedar and mountain tundra at higher elevations.