massif
A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of an ...
located in
Jambyl Region
Jambyl or Zhambyl Region (; ), formerly known as Dzhambul Region () until 1991, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is Taraz. The population of the region is 1,209,665; the city is 335,100. The region borders Kyrgyzstan, and is ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
.
Mount Zhambyl rises in an almost uninhabited area. Mirny, a mining town in the Moiynkum District, lies to the east.
Geography
The Zhambyl massif is a northern prolongation of the
Chu-Ili Range
The Chu-Ili Range () is a mountain range in Kazakhstan. Administratively it is part of the Almaty and Zhambyl regions.
The M36 Highway skirts the range along its northeastern flank.Google Earth
Geography
The Chu-Ili Range is ancient and heav ...
. It is located off the southwestern slopes of the southern section of the Zheltau upland, on the other side of which lies the
Balkhash-Alakol Basin
The Balkhash-Alakol Basin or Balkhash-Alakol Depression(; ), is a flat structural basin in southeastern Kazakhstan.Mayzharylgan. The
Betpak-Dala
Betpak-Dala or Betpaqdala (, ''Betpaqdala''; from Turkic ''batpak'', “swampy,” or Persian ''bedbaht'', “unlucky” and Turkic ''dala'', “plain”; Russian: Бетпак-Дала or Сeверная Голодная степь, lit. ''Hung ...
desert lies to the west.
Google Earth
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The highest point of the Zhambyl is high Mount Kyzylbelen, rising near the northern edge.''Kazakhstan National encyclopedia'' / Chief editor A. Nysanbayev -
Almaty
Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...
"Kazakh Encyclopedia" General Editor, Vol. III, 1998. ISBN 5-89800-123-9
Flora
The soil is gray and crumbly. Some of the plants found in the range include '' Artemisia santolina'', ''
Anabasis
Anabasis (from Greek ''ana'' = "upward", ''bainein'' = "to step or march") is an expedition from a coastline into the interior of a country. Anabase and Anabasis may also refer to:
History
* '' Anabasis Alexandri'' (''Anabasis of Alexander''), ...
'', ''
Salsola arbuscula
''Salsola'' is a genus of the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae. The genus ''sensu stricto'' is distributed in Australia, central and southwestern Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. Common names of various members of this ...
'', as well as
sedges
The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large; botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 generathe largest being the "true sedges" (genu ...
, especially in the valleys.
See also
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Geography of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, with a small portion in Eastern Europe. With an area of about Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world, more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger ...