The Chu-Ili Range (Kazakh: Шу-Іле таулары) is a mountain range in Kazakhstan. Administratively it is part of the Almaty and Zhambyl regions.[1][2]
| Chu-Ili Range | |
|---|---|
| Шу-Іле таулары | |
 Landscape of the range | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Anyrakay |
| Elevation | 1,294 m (4,245 ft) |
| Coordinates | 43°59′N 75°10′E / 43.983°N 75.167°E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 200 km (120 mi) NW / SE |
| Width | 60 km (37 mi) NE/ SW |
| Geography | |
  Chu-Ili Range Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Location | Kazakhstan |
| Range coordinates | 44°00′N 75°00′E / 44.000°N 75.000°E |
| Parent range | Trans-Ili Alatau Tian Shan |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Hercynian orogeny |
| Rock age | Paleozoic |
| Rock type(s) | Schist, granite |
The M36 Highway skirts the range along its northeastern flank.[3]
Geography
editThe Chu-Ili Range is ancient and heavily eroded. It is part of the Trans-Ili Alatau, a northern extension of the Tian Shan. It begins to the north of Otar, west of the Kurty, one of the main tributaries of the Ili river, and stretches in a roughly northwestern direction for less than 200 kilometers (120 mi). The Chu River flows to the west of the range and to the northeast stretches the Zhusandala Plain and the Taukum desert of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin.[3]
The highest point of the range is Anyrakay (Аңырақай), a 1,294 metres (4,245 ft) high summit. Aitau is a subrange in the northern section. Its highest point is 1,052 metres (3,451 ft) high Sunkar, located in the Khantau Massif, right to the east of Khantau village. The Maizharylgan and the Zhambyl stretch northwestwards from the northern end of the range, parallel to the Zheltau, and the Betpak-Dala desert to the WNW. To the south stretches the Kindyktas, a higher and more massive spur of the northwestern Trans-Ili Alatau. The Ashchysu is the main river having its sources in the range.[1][2][4]
Flora
editGenerally, the mountains of the range have a barren look. The slopes are covered with rough desert-steppe vegetation of sagebrush and fescue. Grasses, tulips, irises and poppies bloom in spring when water flows in the ravines, including Tulipa regelii, a rare species of tulip endemic to the range.[5][4][6]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "L-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b "K-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b Google Earth
- ^ a b Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia. - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias, 2006. - T. V. -ISBN 9965-9908-5-9
- ^ Чу-Илийские горы; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
- ^ Tulipa regelii - Tulips in the Wild
External links
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Media related to Chu-Ili Range at Wikimedia Commons- Kazakhstan tourism — Chu-Ili mountains
- Чу-Илийские горы - Алматы
