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The Altai Mountains have been identified as being the point of origin of a cultural enigma termed the Seima-Turbino Phenomenon [16] which arose during the Bronze Age around the start of the 2nd millennium BC and led to a rapid and massive migration of peoples from the region into distant parts of Europe and Asia.
The region continues to experience periodic notable seismic activity, which is visually made apparent through the mountains' characteristically high and rugged mountain ridges, separated by narrow and deep river valleys. The Republic's highest peak, Mount Belukha (4,506 m), is the highest point in Siberia.
Mongol-Altai Mountains Sayr Uul: 3984: 48°22′39″N 90°33′09″E: Mongolia: Mongol-Altai Mountains Куркурек ru: 3982: 50°07′29.34″N 87°39′18.53″E: Russia, Altai Republic: Северо-Чуйский_хребет Baatar Hayrhan: 3980: 46°58′10″N 92°43′28″E: Mongolia: Mongol-Altai Mountains Монгун ...
English: Locator map of Altai Krai — in the Western Siberia region of northern Central Asian Russia. Date: 29 July 2011: Source: Own work .
Golden Mountains of Altai is the name of an UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of the Altai and Katun Natural Reserves, Lake Teletskoye, Belukha Mountain, and the Ukok Plateau. As stated in the UNESCO description of the site, "the region represents the most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation zones in central Siberia, from steppe ...
Physical map (Altay, Sayan, Baikal, Mongolian Altai) The Altai-Sayan ecoregions contain and share a name with the Altai Mountains and the Sayan Mountains.The Altai Mountains are a mountain range in East-Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and are where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters.
Altai Krai (Russian: Алта́йский край, romanized: Altayskiy kray, [ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai).It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region, Abai Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, and the Altai Republic.
Category for articles relating to the Altai or Altay, a mountain range and people spread across four countries in Central Asia: Altai Republic and Altai Krai in Russia; eastern Kazakhstan; Xinjiang in China; and western Mongolia. Shavlo Lake in Northern Tcuski Range, Altai Republic