The Ayr Mountains (; ) are a mountain range in

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border stretches at the feet of the northern slopes of the range.

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The Zhosaly Sanatorium is located on the northwestern side of the highest mountain of the Ayr chain.Sanatoriy Zhosaly - Санаторий Жосалы
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Geography

The Ayr Mountains are part of the

Kazakh Upland The Kazakh Uplands or the Kazakh Hummocks, known in Kazakh language, Kazakh as the ( , ; ), is a large peneplain formation extending throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan.

system (Saryarka). It is a range of moderate altitude located to the north of lakes Saumalkol and

Karasor Karasor (; ),
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. The mountains mark the northern limit of the wide plain where Karasor and its neighboring lakes lie, stretching alongside the southern slopes of the range. The Zheltau range lies off the northeastern end of the range and the Kyzyltau further east. The

Semizbughy Semizbughy () is a mountain massif in Bukhar-Zhyrau District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. Semizbughy is the highest point in the district. Semizhbugy mining village is located on the western side, at the foot of the mountain.Google Earth Geo ...

rises to the north of the northwestern slopes. The highest point of the Ayr chain is high Zhosaly (Жосалы), located at the southwestern end. The soil of the mountains is dark brown. River

Ashchysu Ashchysu (; "Bitter river") may refer to: * Ashchysu (Ayr), a river with its mouth in Alkamergen lake, Kazakhstan * Ashchysu (Nura), a tributary of the Nura river, Kazakhstan * Ashchysu (Shagan), a tributary of the Shagan river, Kazakhstan {{g ...

has its sources in the range and flows below its northern slopes and river

of the Nura basin, flows westwards to the north of the range.

Flora

Steppe In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: * the montane grasslands and shrublands biome * the tropical and subtropica ...

vegetation grows on the slopes, including wormwood,

sedge The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...

fescue ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every ...

and alpine oatgrass. In protected valleys there are clumps of

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 3 ...

, wild rose and hawthorn.

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Sanatorium ZhosalyРеспублика Казахстан Павлодарская область г. ЭкибастузМогильник Сангыру-1 — Қарағанды Мәдениет
Kazakh Uplands

Geography

Flora

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