The Borohoro Mountains ( zh, s=博罗科努山, p=Bóluōkēnǔ shān, w=P'o-lo-k'o-nu shan; kk, Борохоро жотасы, ) is one of the major ranges of the
Tian Shan mountain system. It is almost entirely located within in China's
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, with only a few westernmost peaks being in
Kazakhstan.
The Borohoro Range runs in the general west-north-west to east-south-east direction. At its eastern end, southwest of
Ürümqi, it joins the main range of the Tian Shan; at the western end, near the
China–Kazakhstan border
The China–Kazakhstan border or the Sino-Kazakhstan border ( kz, Қазақстан-Қытай мемлекеттiк шекарасы, russian: Казахстанско-китайская государственная граница, zh, s= ...
, it joins the
Dzungarian Alatau
The Dzungarian Alatau ( mn, Зүүнгарын Алатау, ''Züüngaryn Alatau''; ; kk, Жетісу Алатауы, ''Jetısu Alatauy''; russian: Джунгарский Алатау, ''Dzhungarskiy Alatau'') is a mountain range that lies on t ...
.
The Borohoro Range separates the
Dzungarian Basin in the north from the
Tarim River Basin in the south. Streams flowing from the northern slope of the Borohoro flow toward the
Aibi Lake
Ebi Lake ( Mongolian: Ev nuur, Middle Mongolian: Ebi; ) is a rift lake in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China, near the border of Kazakhstan. Lying at the southeast end of the Dzungarian Gate, Ebi Lake is the center of the cat ...
or the
Manas Lake
The Manas Lake () is a salt lake in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. It is located in the western part of the Dzungarian Basin, within the Gurbantünggüt Desert. Administratively, the lake is in Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County; the close ...
; those rising on the southern slope flow toward the Ili River, which flows into Kazakhstan's
Lake Balkhash.
The border between Xinjiang's
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture runs along the Borohoro Range.
A
blind thrust fault
A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.
Thrust geometry and nomenclature
Reverse faults
A thrust fault is a type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less.
If ...
under the mountain range was the source of the deadly magnitude 7.9
Manasi earthquake.
Notes
Mountain ranges of Kazakhstan
Mountain ranges of Xinjiang
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