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Northern
Tien-Shan & Zailiskiy Alatau ridge
The Northern Tien-Shan range stretches 400 km. It is divided
into two ranges - the Zailiski Alatau ("the first range
behind Ili river") and Kungey Alatau ("bright snowy mountains
faced to the sun"). The Zailiskiy Alatau is stretches
over 280 km long and is up to 60 km wide. Its northern
slopes belong to South-Eastern part of Kazakhstan. The
Kungey Alatau is mainly on the Kyrgyz side of the mountain
range.
The highest part of the ridge is situated between Kastek
(2,825 m) in the west and Amanjol (3,510 m) passes in
the east and is about 180 km long. The highest peak is
Talgar (5,017 m). The biggest glaciers: Korzhenevskogo,
Bogatyr, Shokalskogo, Tuyk-Su, Djangaryk. |
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