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Verkhoyansk Range
The
Verkhoyansk Range
is a mountain range of eastern
Siberia
spanning roughly 1000 km (600 mi.) across the
Sakha Republic
. It forms a vast arc between the
Lena
and
Aldan
rivers to the west and the
Yana River
to the east. It rises to c. 2,480 m (8,150 ft) in the south. There are
coal
,
silver
,
lead
, and
zinc
deposits
. It lies just west of the boundary of the
Eurasian
and the
North American
tectonic plates
.
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