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The Chu-Ili Range (Kazakh: Шу-Іле таулары) is a range of mountains in Kazakhstan. Administratively it is part of the Almaty and Zhambyl regions.[1][2]

Chu-Ili Range
Шу-Іле таулары
Landscape of the range
Highest point
Peak	Anyrakay
Elevation	1,294 m (4,245 ft)
Coordinates	43°59′N 75°10′E
Dimensions
Length	200 km (120 mi) NW / SE
Width	60 km (37 mi) NE/ SW
Geography
Location in Kazakhstan
Location	Kazakhstan
Range coordinates	48°56′N 67°0′E
Parent range	Trans-Ili Alatau Tian Shan
Geology
Orogeny	Hercynian orogeny
Age of rock	Paleozoic
Type of rock	Schist, granite

The M36 Highway skirts the range along its northeastern flank.[3]

Geography

The Chu-Ili Range is ancient and heavily eroded. It is part of the Trans-Ili Alatau, a northern extension of the Tian Shan. It begins to the north of Otar, west of the Kurty, one of the main tributaries of the Ili river, and stretches in a roughly northwestern direction for less than 200 kilometers (120 mi). The Chu River flows to the west of the range and to the northeast stretches the Taukum desert of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin.[3]

The highest point of the range is Anyrakay (Аңырақай), a 1,294 metres (4,245 ft) high summit. Aytau is a subrange in the northern section. Its highest point is 1,052 metres (3,451 ft) high Sunkar, located in the Khantau Massif, right to the east of Khantau village. The Maizharylgan range stretches northwestwards from the northern end of the range and the Betpak-Dala desert to the WNW. To the south stretches the Kindyktas, a higher and more massive spur of the northwestern Trans-Ili Alatau. The Ashchysu is the main river having its sources in the range.[1][2][4]

Flora

Generally, the mountains of the range have a barren look. The slopes are covered with rough desert-steppe vegetation of sagebrush and fescue. Grasses, tulips, irises and poppies bloom in spring when water flows in the ravines, including Tulipa regelii, a rare species of tulip endemic to the range.[5][4][6]

See also

• Geography of Kazakhstan

References

External links

• Media related to Chu-Ili Range at Wikimedia Commons
• Kazakhstan tourism — Chu-Ili mountains

На других языках

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[de] Schu-Ili-Gebirge

Das Schu-Ili-Gebirge (kasachisch Шу-Іле таулары Şw-İle tawları; russisch Чу-Илийские горы Tschu-Ilijskije gory) ist ein Höhenzug in der Kasachischen Steppe.

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- [en] Chu-Ili Range

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[it] Monti Chu-Ili

I monti Chu-Ili (in kazako: Шу-Іле таулары?, traslitterato: Şw-İle tawları; in russo: Чу-Илийские горы?, traslitterato: Ču-Ilijskiie gory) sono una catena montuosa poco elevata e fortemente segnata dall'erosione situata a nord-ovest del Trans-Ili Alatau, nel sud del Kazakistan (regioni di Almaty e di Jambyl), che si diparte dai contrafforti del Tien Shan settentrionale[1]. Verso sud si congiungono con il crinale dei monti Kindyktas - lo sperone nord-occidentale del Trans-Ili Alatau. La cresta di questi monti funge da spartiacque tra i bacini dei fiumi Chu e Ili[1].

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[ru] Чу-Илийские горы

Чу-Или́йские го́ры (каз. Шу-Іле таулары) — невысокий, сильно разрушенный горный хребет к северо-западу от Заилийского Алатау на юге Казахстана (Алматинская область и Жамбылская область), простирающийся от отрогов Северного Тянь-Шаня. Примыкает на юге к хребту Киндыктас — северо-западному отрогу Заилийского Алатау. Хребет служит водоразделом бассейнов рек Чу и Или.

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