Onon Range

Onon Range

 

a mountain range in southeastern Transbaikalia, in Chita Oblast of the RSFSR. It is about 90 km long and has a maximum elevation of 1,323 m. The western slopes are comparatively gentle, but the eastern ones are steep and deeply dissected. The range is composed mainly of granite and granite porphyry; in the south there are sandstones and conglomerates. The slopes are covered with a larch taiga.