Chingiztau () 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 aris ...
in
Abai Region
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Kazakhstan
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The nearest city is
Ayagoz, 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
Degelen. 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
salt lake
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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
Ashchysu flowing roughly northwards, as well as the
Bakanas 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.
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Flora
The range slopes are covered by mountain steppe vegetation. There are aspen
Aspen is a common name for certain tree species in the Populus sect. Populus, of the ''Populus'' (poplar) genus.
Species
These species are called aspens:
* ''Populus adenopoda'' – Chinese aspen (China, south of ''P. tremula'')
* ''Populus da ...
-birch
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forests and willow
Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.
Most species are known ...
thickets in the valleys.[Чингизтау](_blank)
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See also
* Geography of Kazakhstan
References
External links
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Visit Kazakhstan
(in Russian)
Kazakh Uplands
Geography of Abai Region