Korbu

Korbu

 

a mountain range in the northeast Altai, northeast of Telets Lake, in the Altai Krai, RSFSR. Length, approximately 30 km; average elevation, 1,800–1,900 m; maximum elevation, 2,085 m. It is composed of crystalline and metamorphic schists with intrusions of granitoids. The steep slopes up to 1,800 m are covered with dark coniferous forest, higher slopes with subalpine sparse forest, meadow tundra, and stony tundra. On the rivers flowing into Telets Lake are beautiful waterfalls (for example, the Korbu waterfall).