Ile Alataū Range
mountains, Asia
Also known as: Trans-Ili Range
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Tien Shan
- In Tien Shan: Physiography
To the south the Ile Alataū (Trans-Ili) Range rises abruptly above the Ili depression to a height of 16,315 feet (4,973 metres). The successive transition of climatic zones, determined by elevation, from arid and dry steppe at lower levels to glacial at the summit, is evident on the northern…
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