Tian Shan

The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山; Pinyin: Tiān Shān; celestial mountains), also spelled Tien Shan, is a mountain range located in Central Asia, to the north and west of the Taklamakan Desert in the border region of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of western China. In the south it links up with the Pamir.

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The Tian Shan are a part of the Himalayan orogenic belt which was formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates in the Cenozoic.

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The highest peak in the Tian Shan is Pik Pobedy (Victory Peak) which, at 7,439 m or 24,408 ft, is also the highest point in Kyrgyzstan and is on the border of China. The Tian Shan's second highest peak, Khan Tengri (Lord of the Spirits), at 7,010 meters, straddles the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border.

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The Torugart Pass, 3,752 m or 12,310 ft high, is located at the border between Kyrgyzstan and China's Xinjiang province.

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The major rivers rising in the Tian Shan are the Syr Darya and the Tarim river.

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Part of the Tian Shan are the forested Alatau ranges inhabited by pastoral tribes speaking Turkic languages.

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Mountain range: The most general definition of a mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. Mountain ranges are usually separated from other mountain ranges by passes and rivers. In the general definition, a mountain range does not necessarily have the same geology....

Tian Shan related Images and Photos (experimental)

Pullip Shan-Ria Doll

Winter in Shan-Hai Pass

Tian Tan Buddha Statue Ngong Ping Lantau Island Hong Kong China