The name of which Central Asian mountain range where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together and where the mighty rivers Irtysh, Ob and Yenisei have their sources literally means 'mountains of gold' in Turkic?
"South Central Siberia South Central Siberia is a geographical region north of the point where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia come together. At approximately , the borders of Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come intersect in the Altai Mountains. Mongolia and Kazakhstan are kept separate by a 40km stretch of the Sino-Russian border between the Altai Republic, a federal subject of Russia, and Altay Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. To the east, Tavan Bogd Uul in Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia, marks the end of the Sino-Russian border. To the west, is Kazakhstan's East Kazakhstan Province. The Altai"
"Sayan Mountains The Sayan Mountains ( ""Sajany""; , ""Soyonï nurû""; ""Kogmen Mountains"" during the period of the Göktürks) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia (the Tyva Republic specifically) and northern Mongolia. In the past, it served as the border between Mongolia and Russia. The Sayan Mountains' towering peaks and cool lakes southwest of Tuva give rise to the tributaries that merge to become one of Siberia's major rivers, the Yenisei River, which flows north over 2000 miles to the Arctic Ocean. This is a protected and isolated area, having been kept closed by the Soviet Union since 1944."
"Stanovoy Range The Stanovoy Range (, ""Stanovoy khrebet""; ), also known as Sükebayatur and Sükhbaatar in Mongolian, or Outer Khingan Range is a mountain range located in southeastern parts of the Russian Far East. It runs south-west to north-east for over 900 km, from the Olyokma River in the west, to the Uchur River in the east. almost to the Sea of Okhotsk. It separates the watershed of the Arctic Ocean (via the Lena) from that of the Pacific Ocean (via the Amur). For this reason, it was the border between Russia and China from 1689 (Treaty of Nerchinsk) to"
"proven uranium reserves and is also one of the world's major source of lead, zinc, and antimony ores. On the southern boundary in the Turan Depression are large deposits of natural gas. Kazakhstania Kazakhstania, the Kazakh terranes, or the Kazakhstan Block, is a geological region in Central Asia which consists of the area roughly centered on Lake Balkhash, north and east of the Aral Sea, south of the Siberian craton and west of the Altai Mountains. The Junggar basin in Xinjiang, China is also part of Kazakhstania, though sometimes referred to as the Junggar Block. Because the Kazakh terranes merged"
"Khentii Mountains The Khentii Mountains () are a mountain range in the Töv and Khentii Provinces in North Eastern Mongolia. The chain overlaps the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area and includes Mongolia's sacred mountain, Burkhan Khaldun, which is associated with the origin of Genghis Khan. The range forms the watershed between the Arctic Ocean (via Lake Baikal) and the Pacific Ocean basins. Rivers originating in the range include the Onon, Kherlen, and Tuul. The legendary Mongol Genghis Khan is thought to have chosen a resting place in the Khentii Mountains, called the Great Taboo, or Ikh Khorig, by the Mongols."
"Altyn-Tagh Altyn-Tagh, (Astyn-Tagh, Altun Mountains, Pinyin: Altun Shan, A-erh-chin, Wade–Giles: A-erh-chin shan, Aerjin Shan, ()) is a part of the range south of Lop Nor, and is a mountain range in northwestern China that separates the eastern Tarim Basin from the Tibetan Plateau. The western third is in Xinjiang while the eastern part forms the border between Qinghai to the south and Xinjiang and Gansu to the north. Altun Shan is also the name of a mountain near the eastern end of the range, the highest point in Gansu. Altyn Tag means ""Gold Mountain"" in Turkic, and Jin Shan (金山)"
"are in fact the center of Asia is disputed (e.g., Ürümqi in China makes a similar claim). However, there is a monument labelled ""Center of Asia"" in English, Russian, and Tuvan which asserts this claim. Tos-Bulak is the area of open fields and mineral springs which lies immediately south of Kyzyl. Kyzyl is located where the Yenisei River meets the Maly Yenisey River to form the Verkhny Yenisey. Most development is south of the river and follows the curves of the river, with the highest development centered where the two headstreams of the Yenisei, the Bii-Khem (), and the Kaa-Khem"
"Zarafshan Range The Zarafshan Range (, ""Zeravšanskij hrebet""; ; ; also Zeravshan or Zarafshon; from Persian ""Zar-afshān"", meaning ""the sprayer of gold"") is a mountain range in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, part of the Pamir-Alay mountains. Almost all of the range belongs to the drainage basins of the Zarafshan River. The Persian name is believed to possibly be a reference to gold found in bed of the Zarafshan River and its tributaries, which has ushered prosperity to the region from ancient times. The range extends over in an east−west direction along the south of Sughd Region in Tajikistan, reaching the highest"
"suburbs of Ürümqi, Ürümqi Countyto be the ""center point of Asia"". A monument to this effect was then erected there and the site has become a local tourist attraction. Due to the hot summer and low precipitation, most of Xinjiang is endorheic, i.e. its rivers either disappear in the desert, or terminate in salt lakes (within Xinjiang itself, or in the neighboring Kazakhstan), instead of flowing toward an ocean. The only exception is the northernmost part of the region, where the Irtysh River, originating in the Altai Mountains, flows (via Kazakhstan and Russia) toward the Arctic Ocean. Even then, a"
"is Chinese for "" "" Gold mountain"". A series of mountain ranges run along the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. In the west are the Kunlun Mountains. About halfway across the south side of the Tarim Basin, the Altyn-Tagh Range diverges northeast while the Kunluns continue directly east, forming a relatively narrow ""V"". Inside the ""V"" are a number of endorheic basins. The eastern end of the Altyn-Shan is near the Dangjin Pass on the Dunhuang-Golmud road in far western Gansu. East of the Altyn-Tagh the border range rises to the Qilian Mountains. The range separates the Tarim Basin,"
"the Yenisei River is the ancient Central Siberian Plateau, extending to the Lena River. East of the Lena River there is the Verhoyansk-Chukotka collision zone, stretching to the Chukchi Peninsula. The orogens within Russia belong to the Baltic Shield, the Timanides, the Urals, the Altai Mountains, the Ural-Mongolian epipaleozoic orogen and the northwestern part of the Pacific orogeny. The country's highest mountains, the Caucasus, are confined to younger orogens. The European part of Russia lies on the East European platform, a region up to wide covered by more than of metamorphosed sediments dating back to the Riphean stage (middle to"
"ranges. In general, the eastern half of the country is much more mountainous than the western half, the interior of which is dominated by low plains. The traditional dividing line between the east and the west is the Yenisei River valley. In delineating the western edge of the Central Siberian Plateau from the West Siberian Plain, the Yenisey runs from near the Mongolian border northward into the Arctic Ocean west of the Taymyr Peninsula. The Ural Mountains form the natural boundary between Europe and Asia; the range extends about from the Arctic Ocean to the northern border of Kazakhstan. Several"
"Little Yenisei River Little Yenisei River () a river in northern Mongolia and in Tuva. It is part of the Yenisei's drainage basin. It flows through the Darkhad Valley in northwestern Khövsgöl aimag, Mongolia and then westward through the Ulaan Taiga Mountain range to Russia. There it is joined by the Büsein River and Bilin Rivers to form the Kyzyl-Khem. Of its 680 km length, 298 are in Mongolia. A bridge has been erected near Renchinlkhümbe sum center. Originated in northern Mongolia, called Shishged Gol (; ). First, under the name of the Kyzyl-Khem (, - red river) and then"
"Yenisei River The Yenisei (, ""Jeniséj""; , ""Yenisei mörön""; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ""Gorlog müren""; Tyvan: Улуг-Хем, ""Uluğ-Hem""; Khakas: Ким суг, ""Kim sug"") also Romanised Yenisey, Enisei, Jenisej, is the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean. It is the central of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob and the Lena). Rising in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course to the Yenisei Gulf in the Kara Sea, draining a large part of central Siberia, the longest stream following the Yenisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider river system. The maximum depth of the Yenisei is"
"renamed as the Altai Republic. The Altai Republic is situated in the Altai Mountains in the very center of Asia at the junction of the Siberian taiga, the steppes of Kazakhstan and the semi-deserts of Mongolia. Forests cover about 25% of the republic's territory. More than 20,000 tributaries sprawl throughout the mountainous Republic, making for a total of more than worth of waterways. The republic's largest rivers are the Katun and the Biya, both of which originate in the mountains and flow northwards. The junction of the two rivers eventually forms the Ob River, one of the longest rivers in"
"Ob River The Ob River (), also Ob', is a major river in western Siberia, Russia, and is the world's seventh-longest river. It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun Rivers which have their origins in the Altay Mountains. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Yenisei River and the Lena River). The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary. The internationally known name of the river is based on the Russian name ""Обь"" (""Obʹ""). Possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian ""*Hā́p-"", ""river, water"" (compare Vedic"
"Kazakhstania Kazakhstania, the Kazakh terranes, or the Kazakhstan Block, is a geological region in Central Asia which consists of the area roughly centered on Lake Balkhash, north and east of the Aral Sea, south of the Siberian craton and west of the Altai Mountains. The Junggar basin in Xinjiang, China is also part of Kazakhstania, though sometimes referred to as the Junggar Block. Because the Kazakh terranes merged during the Late Ordovician as part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt they are also referred to as the Kazakh Orogen. These terranes are located in what is today Kazakhstan, north-eastern Uzbekistan,"
"the collapse of the Soviet Union, but in post-Soviet times additional mineral exploration, particularly in the northern Urals, has been productive and the region has attracted industrial investment. Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (; ; , ""Ural tauźarı""), or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan. The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. Vaygach Island and the islands of Novaya Zemlya form a further continuation of the"
"At 92°E the system (the Western Sayan) is pierced by the Ulug-Khem () or Upper Yenisei River, and at 106°, at its eastern extremity, it terminates above the depression of the Selenga-Orkhon Valley. From the Mongolian plateau the ascent is on the whole gentle, but from the plains of Siberia it is much steeper, despite the fact that the range is masked by a broad belt of subsidiary ranges of an Alpine character, e.g. the Usinsk, Oya, Tunka and Kitoi ranges. Between the breach of the Yenisei and Lake Khövsgöl at 100° 30' E. the system bears also the name"
"Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (; ; , ""Ural tauźarı""), or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan. The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. Vaygach Island and the islands of Novaya Zemlya form a further continuation of the chain to the north into the Arctic Ocean. The mountains lie within the Ural geographical region and significantly overlap with the Ural Federal District and with the Ural"
"Golden Mountains of Altai. The glacier-fed stream on the western, Chinese, slope of the massif flow into the small Akkul Lake (), which in its turn drains into the Kanas Lake farther south; the Kanas Lake area has been designated AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration. An area of 5,588 km² has been designated as the Kanas Nature Reserve (). Tavan Bogd The Tavan Bogd (, , ""lit. ""five saints"""") is a mountain massif in Mongolia, near the triple border with China and Russia. Its highest peak, the Khüiten Peak (formerly also known as Nairmadal Peak) is"
"Asia which in turn contains a variety of ethnolinguistic groups including Uzbeks, Oirots, Kazakhs, Turkmen, Tajiks, Mongols, and Uyghurs. In the case of the Kyrgyz, the area that would become a geographical political entity was demarcated by the Chinese and the Russians. According to Steven Parham in his book “China’s Borderlands: The Faultline of Central Asia”, the border that would mark the ends of China and Russia was “not drawn by those it came to divide.” While it is theorized that the Kyrgyz originated along the Yenisei River in modern day Siberia, the plains of Central Asia is considered to"
"the Kunlun Mountains. Since Victorian times, they have been known as the ""Roof of the World"", presumably a translation from a Persian phraseological term ""Bam-i-Dunia"". Before the Russian conquest of Central Asia “Pamir"" was applied as a ethnic name for the Kyrgyz of Murghab in Tajikistan, with the meaning of „cold dry or high steppe pasture“ in Turkic. In other languages they are called: Kyrgyz Памир тоолору, ""Pamir Tooloru"", پامىر توولورۇ; ; ; (or ; Uyghur: پامىر ئېگىزلىكى, Памир Езгизлики, ""Pamir Ëzgizliki""; Sanskrit: ""Sumeru""; ""Pamir Kuhestan""; or ""Onion Range"" (after the wild onions growing in the region); , written in"
"Dushanbe and Khujand crosses the range; another road to Samarkand follows the Zarafshan River. The roads into secondary valleys, including the Yaghnob valley, are mostly unpaved and poorly maintained. Most of the population of the range are Tajiks. The population of the Yaghnob Valley are the Yaghnobi. The Fann Mountains, and, to lesser extent, the Matcha Mountains are popular among mountaineers and hikers. Zarafshan Range The Zarafshan Range (, ""Zeravšanskij hrebet""; ; ; also Zeravshan or Zarafshon; from Persian ""Zar-afshān"", meaning ""the sprayer of gold"") is a mountain range in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, part of the Pamir-Alay mountains. Almost all"
"present agrees, with the Tian Shan including the Bogda Shan and Barkol ranges. The Tian Shan are a part of the Himalayan orogenic belt, which was formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates in the Cenozoic era. They are one of the longest mountain ranges in Central Asia and stretch some eastward from Tashkent in Uzbekistan. The highest peak in the Tian Shan is Jengish Chokusu (also called Victory Peak) on the border of China. At high, it is the highest point in Kyrgyzstan. The Tian Shan's second highest peak, Khan Tengri (Lord of the Spirits), straddles"
"Ka-Khem (, - little river) continues in Tuva (Russia). Little Yenisei River Little Yenisei River () a river in northern Mongolia and in Tuva. It is part of the Yenisei's drainage basin. It flows through the Darkhad Valley in northwestern Khövsgöl aimag, Mongolia and then westward through the Ulaan Taiga Mountain range to Russia. There it is joined by the Büsein River and Bilin Rivers to form the Kyzyl-Khem. Of its 680 km length, 298 are in Mongolia. A bridge has been erected near Renchinlkhümbe sum center. Originated in northern Mongolia, called Shishged Gol (; ). First, under the name"
"Mount Azov Azov () is a mountain in Central Ural, Russia. It is located 8 km from Polevskoy next to the Zyuzelsky village. It's one of the natural monuments of Russia. According to Aleksandr Matveyev, the configuration of the rocks gives a reason to believe that the name of the mountain derives from the Tatar word ""azaw teš"" (азау теш), meaning ""molar tooth"". In other Turkic languages the word means ""fang"", ""edge"", or ""sting"". The archaeologist E. Bers believed that in the Iron Age it served as the sacrificial place. According to popular beliefs, the creature from the local folktales"
"a side arm of the Gulf of Ob. Cities along the river include: From a confluence to a source: Ob River The Ob River (), also Ob', is a major river in western Siberia, Russia, and is the world's seventh-longest river. It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun Rivers which have their origins in the Altay Mountains. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Yenisei River and the Lena River). The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary. The internationally known name"
"the Russian Revolution; the British shareholders secured compensation from the Soviet government in 1935. Russia remains the second biggest gold producer in the world, while using modern workplace standards. Especially important in the Kirguises Steppes, in the Altai ranges and the Yenisei river basin. Zinc is a natural resource. Stay more distributed and are exploited. The most important are Telbes Mine (Kuznetsk coal basin), Minusinsk, Yenisei valley, Olga territory (Maritime Province) and the Irkutsk area. Siberian natural resources Siberian natural resources refers to resources found in Russian Siberia, in the North Asian Mainland. The Siberian region is rich in resources,"
"Golden Mountains of Altai 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, forest-steppe, mixed forest, subalpine vegetation to alpine vegetation"". While making its decision, UNESCO also cited Russian Altai's importance for preservation of the globally endangered mammals, such as snow leopard and the Altai argali. The site covers a vast area of 16,175 km²."
"The area is thought to be where Khan may be entombed. Khentii Mountains The Khentii Mountains () are a mountain range in the Töv and Khentii Provinces in North Eastern Mongolia. The chain overlaps the Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area and includes Mongolia's sacred mountain, Burkhan Khaldun, which is associated with the origin of Genghis Khan. The range forms the watershed between the Arctic Ocean (via Lake Baikal) and the Pacific Ocean basins. Rivers originating in the range include the Onon, Kherlen, and Tuul. The legendary Mongol Genghis Khan is thought to have chosen a resting place in the Khentii"
"River as a separate river and include it to the upper reaches of the Little Yenisei River. Shishged River The Shishged River (, ) a river in northern Mongolia and in Tuva. It is part of the Yenisei's drainage basin, and the headwaters of the so-called Little (Small) Yenisei. It flows through the Darkhad Valley in northwestern Khövsgöl aimag, Mongolia and then westward through the Ulaan Taiga Mountain range to Russia. There it is joined by the Büsein River and Bilin Rivers to form the Kyzyl-Khem. Of its 344 km length, 298 are in Mongolia. A bridge has been erected"
"Pontic Mountains The Pontic Mountains or Pontic Alps (Turkish: ""Kuzey Anadolu Dağları"", meaning North Anatolian Mountains) form a mountain range in northern Anatolia, Turkey. They are also known as the ""Parhar Mountains"" in the local Turkish and Pontic Greek languages. The term ""Parhar"" originates from a Hittite word meaning ""high"" or ""summit"". In ancient Greek, the mountains were called the Paryadres or Parihedri Mountains. The range runs roughly east-west, parallel and close to the southern coast of the Black Sea. It extends northeast into Georgia, and west into the Sea of Marmara, with the northwestern spur of the Küre Mountains"