Khamar-Daban
Sign in to saveKhamar-Daban (; , from – "nut", and – "pass" or "ridge"), is a mountain range in Southern Siberia, Russia.
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- Khamar-Daban
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- Вид на Хамар-Дабан в окрестностях Байкальска.JPG
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- Landscape of the range
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- Russia
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- Federal subject
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- Eastern Sayan
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- Utulinskaya Podkova
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- 2396
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- South Siberian System
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- Russia Far Eastern Federal District#Russia Buryatia
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- Location in Buryatia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
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- 420
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- E/W
- Mountain.width_km
- 65
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- N/S
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- From Gusinoozyorsk
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Khamar-Daban (; , from – "nut", and – "pass" or "ridge"), is a mountain range in Southern Siberia, Russia.
==Geography== The range is located in Buryatia, with a small section in Irkutsk Oblast. It rises near the Baikal Mountains not far from Lake Baikal. It forms a geographic prolongation of the Sayan Mountains. The highest peak is Utulinskaya Podkova at ; high Chersky Peak is another important summit. The southern end of the range is part of the Selenga Highlands. The climate of the northern part of the range is affected by Lake Baikal, being temperate and humid, with precipitation up to per year. The average January temperature is . thumb|none|upright=1.45|The Khamar-Daban Range, near Kamensk, Republic of Buryatia|Kamensk.