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Salair Ridge
Salair Ridge
(pronounced
sah-lah-EER
; ) is an eroded
plateau
-type
highland
in the Southwestern
Siberia
,
Russia
, particularly in
Altai Krai
,
Kemerovo
and
Novosibirsk Oblast
. It is a natural continuation of
Altai Mountains
and separates the
Kuznetsk Depression
from the
Ob River
Plain to the southwest. See
Geography of South-Central Siberia
. Its main ridge is nearly parallel to that of
Kuznetsk Alatau
. The ridge is some 300 kilometres in length and 15-40 kilometres wide.
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