Ulutau Mountains | mountains, Kazakhstan | Britannica (original) (raw)

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physiography of the Kazakh Uplands

• In Kazakh Uplands
  …centrally located Karkaraly Mountains and Ulutau Mountains. The climate is continental, and precipitation averages only 4–12 inches (100–300 mm) a year. The river network is therefore scant, with many streams flowing only in spring. The upland is also called Saryarqa (“Yellow Range”) because of the colour of the sun-scorched vegetation,…
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  In Kazakhstan: Relief
  …similar high areas among the Ulutau Mountains in the west and the Chingiz-Tau Range in the east. In the east and southeast, massifs (enormous blocks of crystalline rock) are furrowed by valleys. The Altai mountain complex to the east sends three ridges into the republic, and, farther south, the Tarbagatay…
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