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Kazakhstania is mainly flat: only in the east near Karaganda are there mountains, and these only rise to 1,565 metres (5,130 feet) in the Tarbagatay Range.Although most of Kazakhstania is arid and practically no water flows from the region to the oceans, there is extensive grazing of cattle, sheep and camels on the grasslands which cover most of the region today.
A lake named Karasor lies off the west of the northwestern end of the range. [2] The highest point of the Myrzhyk is 970 meters (3,180 ft) high Yegibai, located in the central area of the range. The higher elevations consist of summits of exposed rock. 115 kilometers (71 mi) long river Saryozen, of the Irtysh basin, has its sources in the range.
' Yellow Ridge '), is a large peneplain formation extending throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan. [1] Administratively the Kazakh Uplands stretch across the East Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, Akmola, Ulytau and Karaganda regions. Several notable cities, including the country's capital, Astana, are located in the uplands.
The Altai alpine meadow and tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1001) is a terrestrial ecoregion covering the higher elevation of the Altai Mountains at the center of the "X" formed by the borders separating Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia. The mountain peaks are the farthest north in Central Asia, separating the plains of Siberia to the north ...
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Karkaraly Range (Kazakh: Қарқаралы таулары; Russian: Каркаралинские горы) is a range of mountains in Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. [ 1 ] The name Karkaraly means "arrow-headed" in the Kazakh language [ 2 ] Karkaraly city lies at the feet of the eastern slopes of the mountains and Karagaily ...
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The highest point is the top of the mountain Khan Tengri, on the Kyrgyz and Chinese border in the Tian Shan range, with an elevation of 6,995 m (22,949 ft) (7,010 m (23,000 ft) with ice cap) above sea level; the lowest point is the bottom of the Karagiye depression at 132 m (433 ft) below sea level, in the Mangystau province east of the Caspian ...