Muia-Kuanda Basin

Muia-Kuanda Basin

 

an intermontane basin in northern Transbaikalia (Buriat ASSR). Elevations, 465–700 m; elevations of the surrounding ranges (Severnaia Muia and Iuzhnaia Muia), to 2,500–2,700 m. The basin is filled with sandy and sandy loam deposits; the bottom is occupied by the vast floodplains of the Vitim, Muia, Kuanda, and other rivers. Meadow and marshy meadow plains and hilly stretches covered with pine forests and larch and pine forests predominate.