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Map of the Altai mountain range. The Altai Mountains (/ ɑː l ˈ t aɪ /), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters.
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.
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 ...
The Altai Republic is one of the few Russian political divisions without rail access. The main paved road is the Chuysky Tract, which spans the republic from the capital Gorno-Altaisk in the north to the Mongolian border in the south. The republic's main paved road threads its way through the rugged Altai Mountains. A system of taxis and buses ...
The Dzungarian Gate, also known as the Altai Gap, is a geographically and historically significant mountain pass between China and Central Asia. [1] It has been described as the "one and only gateway in the mountain-wall which stretches from Manchuria to Afghanistan , over a distance of three thousand miles [4,800 km]."
Located in the Altai Republic, Belukha is a three-peaked mountain massif that rises along the border of Russia and Kazakhstan, just a few dozen miles north of the point where this border meets with the border of China. There are several small glaciers on the mountain, including Belukha Glacier. Of the two peaks, the eastern peak (4,506 m ...
Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China's northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV ...
Altai Mountains, Sayan Mountains and Khangai Mountains. Mongolia has three major mountain ranges.The highest is the Altai Mountains, which stretch across the western and the southwestern regions of the country on a northwest-to-southeast axis.