Mugalzhar ( kk, Мұғалжар), also known as Mugodzhar Hills or Mugodzhar Range (russian: Мугоджары, Мугоджарский хребет),

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is a series of

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s 275 miles (440 km) long in the Aktobe Region of northwestern

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Geography

They are considered to be a continuation of the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

and connected with Southern Ural by

Guberlin Mountains Guberlinsky mountains — mountain range in the east Orenburg Oblast, in basin river Guberl (right tributary Ural). Southern part of Ural Mountains. The Guberlin Mountains extend from north to south for . Their area is about . The mountains are ...

. They form the divide between the

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and

Aral Sea The Aral Sea ( ; kk, Арал теңізі, Aral teñızı; uz, Орол денгизи, Orol dengizi; kaa, Арал теңизи, Aral teńizi; russian: Аральское море, Aral'skoye more) was an endorheic basin, endorheic lake lyi ...

basins. The Mugalzhar proper are of length about 200 km with width up to 30 km. They start at the

Or River The Or (russian: Орь, kk, Ор) is a river in Orenburg Oblast of Russia and Aktobe Province of Kazakhstan. It is a left tributary of the Ural, and is 332 km long, with a drainage basin of 18 600 km2. The river is formed by the co ...

(река Орь) as a narrow range that further splits in two: Eastern Mugalzhar and Western Mugalzhar. The highest place (657 metres) is in the Eastern Mugalzhar, Mount (Boqtybay, Боктыбай). Some of the rivers that have their sources in the Mugalzhar are Or, Emba, Irgiz,

Zhylandysay The Zhylandysay ( kk, Жыландысай) is a river in Shalkar District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of . The river is part of the Shalkar Basin. Its floodplain is used as spring and autumn pasture for local ...

Bolgasyn The Bolgasyn ( kk, Болғасын) is a river in Shalkar District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of . The river is part of the Shalkar Basin. In the spring the Bolgasyn is used to water local livestock. Cour ...

and

Kauylzhyr The Kauylzhyr ( kk, Қауылжыр; russian: Каульжур) is a river in Shalkar District, Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan. It is long and has a catchment area of . The river is part of the Shalkar Basin. It is fed mainly by snow. Its waters are ...

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In a wider sense, Mughodzhary also include a number of other highlands and hillocks, in particular, Ural-Tobolsk Plateau, and the Northern Mughodzhary, which actually connect with Guberlin hills.

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* {{Authority control Mountain ranges of Kazakhstan Ural Mountains Geography of Aktobe Region