Yukaghir Highlands

The Yukaghir Highlands (Russian: Юкагирское нагорье)[1] are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic and Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.

The Yukaghir Highlands are a mountain region located at the eastern limits of the Sakha Republic and the northwestern end of Magadan Oblast, as well as a little part in the westernmost limit of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

[3] The highlands are limited by the Kolyma Lowland to the west and the courses of the Bulun and Namyndykan rivers to the south.

[4] The Yukaghir Highlands separate the basins of the Kolyma and Omolon rivers, both flowing roughly northwards.

[5] There are sparse forests of larch in the lower slopes of the mountain ranges and thickets of dwarf stone pine at higher altitudes.