Editing Geography of Russia (section)

====Sayan and Stanovoy Mountains====
[[File:Шавлинские озёра.jpg|right|thumb|[[Altay Mountains]]]]

In the mountain system west of [[Lake Baikal]] in south-central Siberia, the highest elevations are {{Convert|3300|m}} in the Western [[Sayan Mountains|Sayan]], {{Convert|3200|m}} in the Eastern Sayan, and {{Convert|4500|m}} at [[Belukha Mountain]] in the [[Altay Mountains]]. The Eastern Sayan reach nearly to the southern shore of [[Lake Baikal]]; at the lake, there is an elevation difference of more than {{Convert|4500|m}} between the nearest mountain, {{Convert|2840|m}} high, and the deepest part of the lake, which is {{Convert|1700|m}} below sea level. The mountain systems east of Lake Baikal are lower, forming a complex of minor ranges and valleys that reaches from the lake to the Pacific coast. The maximum height of the [[Stanovoy Range]], which runs west to east from northern Lake Baikal to the Sea of Okhotsk, is {{Convert|2550|m}}. To the south of that range is southeastern Siberia, whose mountains reach {{Convert|800|m}}. Across the [[Strait of Tartary]] from that region is [[Sakhalin|Sakhalin Island]], Russia's largest island, where the highest elevation is about {{Convert|1700|m}}. The small [[Moneron Island]], the site of the shootdown of [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]], is found to its west.