Editing Sayan Mountains (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Hanging-rock-ergaki.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Hanging Stone]], Western Sayan, [[Ergaki Nature Park]]]]

===Western Sayan===
At 92°E the Western Sayan system is pierced by the Ulug-Khem ({{langx|ru|Улуг-Хем}}) or Upper [[Yenisei River]], and at 106°, at its eastern extremity, it terminates above the depression of the [[Selenga]]-[[Orkhon Valley]]. It stretches almost at a right angle to the Western Sayan for {{convert|650|km|mi|abbr=on}} in a roughly northeast/southwest direction between the Shapshal Range of the [[Altai Mountains|Eastern Altai]] in the west and the [[Abakan Range]] of the [[Kuznetsk Alatau]] in the east. From the [[Mongolian plateau]] the ascent is on the whole gentle, but from the plains of Siberia it is much steeper. The range includes a number of subsidiary ranges of an Alpine character, such as the [[Aradan Range|Aradan]], [[Borus (range)|Borus]], [[Oy Range|Oy]], [[Kulumys]], [[Mirsky Range|Mirsky]], [[Kurtushibin Range|Kurtushibin]], [[Uyuk Range|Uyuk]], [[Sheshpir-Taiga]], [[Ergaki|Ergak-Targak-Taiga]], [[Kedran Range|Kedran]] and [[Nazarovsky range|Nazarovsky]] ranges. The most important peaks are [[Kyzlasov Peak]] ({{convert|2969|m|ft|abbr=on}}), [[Aradansky Peak]] ({{convert|2456|m|ft|abbr=on}}), [[Bedelig Golets]] ({{convert|2492|m|ft|abbr=on}}), [[Samzhir]] ({{convert|2402|m|ft|abbr=on}}), [[Borus (peak)|Borus]] ({{convert|2318|m|ft|abbr=on}}) and [[Zvezdny Peak]] ({{convert|2265|m|ft|abbr=on}}).<ref>[https://gufo.me/dict/mining_encyclopedia/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8B B. C. Bасильев, Ю. M. Mальцев, Б. И. Cуганов, E. H. Черных - ''Саяны'']</ref><ref name="STM_M-45">{{cite web|url=http://mapm45.narod.ru/im45partb.html|title=M-45 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref>

Between the breach of the Yenisei and [[Lake Khövsgöl]] at 100° 30' E. the system bears also the name of Yerghik-Taiga. The flora is on the whole poor, although the higher regions carry good forests of [[larch]], [[pine]], [[juniper]], [[birch]], and [[alder]], with [[rhododendron]]s and species of ''[[Berberis]]'' and ''[[Ribes]]''. Lichens and mosses clothe many of the boulders that are scattered over the upper slopes.<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Sayan Mountains |volume=24 |page=276}}</ref>

===Eastern Sayan===
The Eastern Sayan stretches almost at a right angle to the Western Sayan for {{convert|1000|km|mi|abbr=on}} in a northwest/southeast direction, from the Yenisei to the [[Angara Range]]. Some subranges of the northwest form a system of "White Mountains" (Белогорье) or "[[Belki (geography)|Belki]]", such as Manskoye Belogorye, Kanskoye Belogorye, Kuturchinskoye Belogorye, as well as Agul Belki (Агульские Белки), with permanent snow on the peaks. In the central part, towards the upper reaches of the [[Kazyr]] and [[Kizir]] rivers, several ridges, such as the Kryzhin Range form a cluster culminating in the {{convert|2982|m|ft|abbr=on}} high [[Grandiozny Peak]], the highest point in Krasnoyarsk Krai. {{cn|date=August 2022}}

To the southeast rise the highest and most remote subranges, including the [[Bolshoy Sayan]] and [[Kropotkin Range (Eastern Sayan)|Kropotkin Range]], as well as "[[Goltsy]]" type of mountains, such as the [[Tunka Goltsy]], [[Kitoy Goltsy]], [[Botogolsky Goltsy]], among others. The highest point of the Eastern Sayan, as well as the highest point of the whole Sayan system, {{convert|3491|m|ft|abbr=on}} high Mount [[Munku-Sardyk]], is located in the range of the same name in this area. {{convert|2939|m|ft|abbr=on}} high [[Pik Tofalariya]] is the highest point of [[Irkutsk Oblast]]. The mountains of the Eastern Sayan characteristically display alpine relief forms. In general, rivers flowing down from the ranges form [[gorge]]s and there is an abundance of waterfalls in the area.<ref>ЭСБЕ/Саянский горный хребет, Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона : в 86 т. (82 т. и 4 доп.). — СПб., 1890—1907.</ref><ref name="STM_N-47">{{cite web|url=http://mapn47.narod.ru/map5/indexg.html|title=N-47 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref>