Birliktau
| Birliktau | ||
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| Highest peak | Toimene ( 3242 m ) | |
| location | Ili in Xinjiang ( People's Republic of China ) | |
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 45 ′ N , 82 ° 46 ′ E | |
The Birliktau (also Barlik ) ( Kazakh Бірліктау ; Chinese 巴爾魯克山 , Pinyin Bā'ěrlǔkè Shān ) is a mountain range in the Dzungaria in northwestern China near the border with Kazakhstan .
The mountain range is located in Tacheng Governorate , which is part of the Kazakh Ili Autonomous District in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It extends over a length of 120 km in SW-NE direction. At its western end is the Djungarian Gate , beyond which the mountains of the Djungarian Alatau rise. The somewhat lower Mailytau ridge runs south of the Birliktau . In the north, a basin landscape separates the mountains from the Tarbagatai mountains further north . The Birliktau reaches a maximum height of 3242 m in Toimene .
The mountain range consists of igneous and sedimentary rocks from the Paleozoic and granite . The mountains are covered by a mountain steppe landscape. It is cut through by wooded deep valleys.