Tarbagatai Mountains

Mountain range straddling the China–Kazakhstan border

Tarbagatai

Location in Kazakhstan (on the border with China)

The Tarbagatai Mountains are a mountain range straddling the China–Kazakhstan border, located in northwestern Xinjiang, China, and the Abai Region of East Kazakhstan. The name of the mountain derived from the Mongolian word tarvaga, meaning "marmot", with the suffix -tai, literally "to have" or "with". Tarbagan marmots live in this mountain range.^[1]

An eastern extension of the Tarbagatai is the Saur Mountains.

Drainage

As is common for mountain ranges, there is more precipitation in the Tarbagatai mountains than in the adjacent flatlands. The mountains are thus an important watershed. Streams from the northern slopes of the Tarbagatai flow into Lake Zaysan, which eventually drains (via the Irtysh) into the Arctic Ocean. The streams of the southern slope, many of which merge into the Emil River, flow into the Emin Valley, part of the endorheic Balkhash-Alakol Basin; they are an important source of water for several counties of Tacheng (Tarbagatay) Prefecture in China. The Urzhar has its sources in the range.

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Mountain ranges of China

Geography of China

Northwestern

• Altai Mountains
• Dzungarian Alatau
• Tian Shan
  • Borohoro Mountains
  • Tarbagatai Mountains
• Kunlun Mountains
  • Altyn-Tagh
  • Qilian Mountains
• Helan Mountains
• Liupan Mountains

Qinghai-Tibet
and Southwestern

• Himalayas
• Transhimalaya
• Pamir Mountains
  • Karakoram
  • Argu Tagh
  • Yengisogat
• Kunlun Mountains
  • Hoh Xil
  • Bayan Har Mountains
  • Amne Machin
• Tanggula Mountains
• Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
• Hengduan Mountains
  • Gaoligong Mountains
  • Yunling Mountains
  • Ailao Mountains
  • Qionglai Mountains
  • Daxue Mountains
  • Min Mountains

Northeast

• Greater Khingan
• Lesser Khingan
• Changbai Mountains
  • Wanda Mountains
  • Qian Mountains

North and East

• Yin Mountains
  • Lang Mountains
• Lüliang Mountains
• Taihang Mountains
• Zhongtiao Mountains
• Mount Tai
• Tianmu Mountain

• Yandang Mountains
• Wuyi Mountains

Central

• Qinling
• Daba Mountains
• Dabie Mountains
  • Wudang Mountains
  • Jingshan Mountains
• Luoxiao Mountains
  • Jiuling Mountains
  • Mufu Mountains
  • Wugong Mountains
• Huangshan
• Wuling Mountains
• Xuefeng Mountains

South

• Cang Mountain
• Daliang Mountains
• Dalou Mountains
• Nanling Mountains
  • Jiuyi Mountains
  • Yuecheng Mountains
• Longmen Mountains
• Western Mountains

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