Chu-Ili Range

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
PeakAnyrakay
Elevation1,294 m (4,245 ft)
Coordinates43°59′N 75°10′E
Dimensions
Length200 km (120 mi) NW / SE
Width60 km (37 mi) NE/ SW
Geography
Chu-Ili Range is located in Kazakhstan
Chu-Ili Range
Location in Kazakhstan
LocationKazakhstan
Range coordinates48°56′N 67°0′E
Parent rangeTrans-Ili Alatau
Tian Shan
Geology
OrogenyHercynian orogeny
Age of rockPaleozoic
Type of rockSchist, 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]

the endemic tulip Tulipa regelii on a postage stamp of Kazakhstan.

See also

References
  1. "L-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. "K-43 Topographic Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. Google Earth
  4. Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia. - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias, 2006. - T. V. -ISBN 9965-9908-5-9
  5. Чу-Илийские горы; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
  6. Tulipa regelii - Tulips in the Wild
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