Qurama Mountains
| Qurama Mountains | |
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 Qurama mountains at the Ohangaron reservoir |
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| Highest peak | Boboiob ( 3769 m ) |
| location | Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Uzbekistan |
| part of | Tienschan |
| Coordinates | 40 ° 51 ′ N , 70 ° 21 ′ E |
| rock | Mica slate , sandstone , granite . |
The Quramagebirge ( Uzbekistan Qurama tizmasi ; Russian Кураминский хребет ) is a mountain range of Tien Shan on the border between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ( Central Asia ). The northern foothills are in Kyrgyzstan .
The Qurama Mountains extend over a length of 170 km in a north-east-south-west direction. It forms the watershed between the Angren River in the northwest and the Syr Darja in the south and southeast. The Fergana Valley is in the southeast . The highest point of the mountain range is the Boboiob with 3769 m .
The mountains consist of mica slate , sandstone and granite . It is also the site of various rare minerals such as kuramite , nekrasovite and stibiocolusite .
Since 2016, the Angren – Pap railway has been crossing the mountains with the Kamchiq tunnel .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Kuraminski chrebet in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)