Qaratau (mountains)
| Qaratau | ||
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 View of the Qaratau Mountains near the city of Kentau |
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| Highest peak | Gora Bessas (гора Бессаз) ( 2176 m ) | |
| location | Kazakhstan | |
| part of | Tianshans | |
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 53 ' N , 69 ° 59' E | |
The Qaratau ( Kazakh Қаратау Жотасы ; Russian хребет Каратау / Karatau ) is a mountain range in southern Kazakhstan .
The Qaratau is a northwestern branch of the Tianshan . The name is of Turkish origin and can be translated as "Black Mountains". The mountain range is about 420 km long and extends north of the Syr Darya River in a southeast-northwest direction. To the north of the Qaratau is the Mujunkum desert . The largest elevations reach a height of 2176 m , the average height is between 1000 m and 1500 m. There are caves and archaeological sites in the mountains.
Web links
- Overview map of the region (Russian)
- Karatau in the Encyclopedia Britannica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Karatau in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)