Borochoro
| Borochoro | ||
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| Highest peak | . ( 4500 m ) | |
| location |
Xinjiang ( PR China ), Almaty ( Kazakhstan ) |
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| part of | Tian Shan | |
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| Coordinates | 44 ° 26 ' N , 81 ° 31' E | |
The Borochoro is a mountain range in the west of the People's Republic of China in the northern part of the eastern Tian Shan . The western end of the mountain is in Kyrgyzstan .
The Borochoro lies between the catchment areas of Ili (in the south) and Lake Ebinur (in the north). It extends over a length of 250 km in a west-east direction. Its maximum altitude is 4500 m . The mountain range consists of crystalline and metamorphic rocks from the Precambrian and Paleozoic Era . The eastern part of the Borochoro Mountains is a glacier and has an alpine character (around 50 glaciers). Steppe vegetation dominates the mountain slopes up to 1800 m . Between 1800 and 2800 m there is a zone with meadows and spruce forests. The alpine flora emerges above this. The snow line is also at this height. Sayram Lake is in the western part of Borochoro .