The Pskem Mountain Range (russian: Пскемский хребет, ''Pskemskiy Khrebet'') or Piskom Mountains, is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
located within the west
Tien Shan
The Tian Shan,, , otk, 𐰴𐰣 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, , tr, Tanrı Dağı, mn, Тэнгэр уул, , ug, تەڭرىتاغ, , , kk, Тәңіртауы / Алатау, , , ky, Теңир-Тоо / Ала-Тоо, , , uz, Tyan-Shan / Tangritog‘ ...
range of
Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
, and is a natural border between
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
and
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
. It extends over from north-east to south-west in the extreme north-eastern finger of Uzbekistan's
Tashkent Region
Tashkent Region ( uz, Toshkent viloyati, Тошкент вилояти, russian: Ташкентская область) is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien ...
. The range is a
water divide
A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a singl ...
between the
Pskem
The Pskem (russian: Пскем) or Piskom ( uz, Piskom) is a river of Tashkent Region in Uzbekistan in the Pskem Mountains.
The river runs for (including its source river Oygaying) southwest with a basin area of . The origins of the river Pskem ...
river to the north and the
Chandalash
The Chandalash ( ky, Чандалаш) is a river in the Pskem Mountains of Chatkal District in Jalal-Abad Region in western Kyrgyzstan. The river is formed at the south west slope of Talas Alatau and flows into the Chatkal
The Chatkal (russia ...
,
Chatkal
The Chatkal (russian: Чаткал) is a river of Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan and Tashkent Region in Uzbekistan. It is the left source river of the Chirchiq in the Syr Darya basin. In its upper course it is called ''Karakulja''.
The length of ...
, and
Koʻksu rivers to the south. The highest elevations are attained in the north-east of the range:
Mount Adelung
Mount Adelung (russian: Гора Аделунга) is the highest peak in Pskem Mountains (russian: Пскемский хребет) in the extreme north-east of the Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. Mount Adelung is the highest point of Tashkent Prov ...
() and
Mount Beshtor
Mount Beshtor (russian: гора Бештор, also Беш-Тёр) rises to 4,299 m in Pskem Range in the north-eastern tip of Uzbekistan's Tashkent Province. Located on the southern border with Kyrgyzstan, a short distance to the south-west from ...
().
''Big Soviet Encyclopedia'', on-line edition
in Russian, accessed June 6, 2011.
The river Pskem flows through the mountains on its way to Lake Charvak
Lake Charvak ( uz, Chorvoq; from چهارباغ ''Char bagh'', "four gardens" in Persian) is a water reservoir in Boʻstonliq District in the northern part of Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan, separating Ugam (north), Pskem (east), and Chatkal (sou ...
.
References
Mountain ranges of Kyrgyzstan
Mountain ranges of Uzbekistan
Tashkent Region
Mountain ranges of the Tian Shan
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