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The Bogda Shan ( mn, Богд Уул, Bogd Uul; zh, s=博格达山, t=博格達山, p=Bógédá shān) range is part of the Eastern
Tian Shan The Tian Shan,, , otk, 𐰴𐰣 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, , tr, Tanrı Dağı, mn, Тэнгэр уул, , ug, تەڭرىتاغ, , , kk, Тәңіртауы / Алатау, , , ky, Теңир-Тоо / Ала-Тоо, , , uz, Tyan-Shan / Tangritog‘ ...
mountains and located in
Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwes ...
, some 60 km east of
Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...
. The topography of the area gradually increases from north to south. The elevation is between 1380 and 5445 m, with the largest relative relief up to 4065 m. The highest elevation is
Bogda Peak Bogda Peak or Bogda Feng (; cf. mn, Bogd Uul, sometimes referred to as ''Mount Bogda'') is the highest mountain in the Bogda Shan range, in the eastern Tian Shan mountains, China, at and the northernmost 5,000 m (16,400 ft) or higher peak in E ...
, at 5,445 m. Administratively, the range forms the border between
Dabancheng District Dabancheng District ( zh, s=达坂城区, t=達坂城區, p=Dábǎnchéng Qū) or Dawan Cheng ( ug, داۋانچىڭ رايونى, translit=Dawanching Rayoni, ), is one of 7 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Ürümqi, the capital of ...
to the south and
Fukang City Fukang is a county-level city in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Its area is and its population in 2007 was reported as approximately 1.5 million. Fukang is located in Northern Xinjiang in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, north of Ü ...
and Jimsar County to the north. In all three units, irrigated agriculture is based on the water flowing in streams that starts in the Bogda Shan.


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Biosphere reserves of China Mountain ranges of Xinjiang Mountain ranges of the Tian Shan {{Xinjiang-geo-stub