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, located near the southern end of the range.

Geography

Chingiztau is one of the ranges of the eastern part of the Kazakh Upland system (Saryarka). It stretches roughly for about from northwest to southeast, to the south of the

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. The range has three separate ridges: Kanchingiz (Қаншыңғыс), highest point in the northern section, the Chingiztau proper in the middle, highest point , and Akshatau (Ақшатау) in the southern section, where there is highest point of the whole range system Mount Kosoba.

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The slopes of the ridges are generally abrupt in the eastern side and more gently sloping in the western. They are deeply dissected by river valleys and ravines. Numerous rivers have their origin in the range, but their waters are mostly lost either in the sands of the surrounding deserts or in seasonal

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s of the highlands. The largest rivers having their sources in the Chingiztau are the Shagan and its right tributary the

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flowing roughly northwards, as well as the

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and a few tributaries of the Ayagöz flowing south. The Konyr-Auliye cave (Қоңыр әулие үңгірі) is located near Mount Aktas, off the western slopes of the range, near the Shagan river.Пещера Коныр-Аулие - QazaqGeography
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Flora

The range slopes are covered by mountain steppe vegetation. There are

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forests and

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thickets in the valleys.Чингизтау
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