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Qarliq Tagh (also Harlik Shan, Karlik Tagh, or Qarlik Shan) is the easternmost mountain range of the Tian Shan, China. It is located in Xinjiang, China, between 42º50'N–43º35'N and 93º41'O–95º07'O. [1] In its western end it connects with the Barkol Shan. The highest peak is the Tomort (4,886 m above sea level). [1] [2] [3]
Altogether, the glacial Tian Shan glaciation occupied an area of approximately 118,000 square kilometers. The glacier snowline was about 1200m lower during the last ice age than it is today. This would result in a depression of the average annual temperature of 7.2 to 8.4 °C for the Last Glacial Maximum compared with today, assuming a ...
West Tian Shan mountains. The Tian Shan is a mountain range in central Asia that extends through western China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. [1] The Tian Shan is 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi) long, and up to 7,400 metres (24,300 ft) high. Throughout the Tian Shan there are several intermontane basins separated by high ranges. [1]
The Tian Shan are a mountain range north of the Tibetan Plateau and the Taklamakan Desert. Uplift of these mountains began 24 million years ago. It was a direct response to the continued extension of the Indian collision zone. The mountain range is still uplifting today along with the Himalaya. [9] [10]
Urumqi Glacier No.1 (Chinese: 乌鲁木齐1号冰川 or 乌鲁木齐一号冰川) or Urumqi River Glacier No.1 (Chinese: 乌鲁木齐河1号冰川 or 乌鲁木齐河一号冰川), Tianshan Glacier No.1 (Chinese: 天山1号冰川 or 天山一号冰川), is the glacier closest to an urban area in the world, located only 120 km southwest to downtown Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. [1]
Jengish Chokusu or Victory Peak [note 1] is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system in Central Asia at 7,439 metres (24,406 ft). It lies on the China–Kyrgyzstan border between the Ak-Suu District in the Issyk-Kul Region of far Eastern Kyrgyzstan and Wensu County, Xinjiang, China.
The Borohoro Mountains (Chinese: 博罗科努山; pinyin: Bóluōkēnǔ shān; Wade–Giles: P'o-lo-k'o-nu shan; Kazakh: Борохоро жотасы, Borohoro jotasy) is one of the major ranges of the Tian Shan mountain system.
The ecoregion stretches around the lower altitudes of the Tian Shan mountain ridge, running for approximately 2,000 km from western Kyrgyzstan to eastern Xinjiang Province in China. [1] It separates the arid Tarim Basin and Taklimakan Desert to the south from the Junggar Basin and Kazakh Shield to the north.