Ałtaj Mongolian

Ałtaj Mongolski (mong .: Монгол Алтайн нуруу, Mongol Altajn nuruu; chiń. upr .: Mongolia Altai Mountains; chiń. trad .: Mongolia Altai Mountains; pinyin: Ménggǔ Ā'ěrtài Shānmài) - góry w zachodniej Mongolii z najwyższym szczytem kraju górą Chujten (w masywie Tawan Bogd uul na granicy Mongolii, Rosji i Chin) o wysokości 4374 m npm Północno-zachodnie zbocza Ałtaju Mongolskiego należą do Chin (Region Autonomiczny Sinciang-Ujgur), reszta należy do Mongolii (ajmaki bajanolgijski, kobdoski i gobijsko-ałtajski).

The main stretches are in the northwest to southeast of 950 km. To the south these mountains border with the Jungle Basin and the Gobi Desert, from the northwest with the Altai Mountains, from the north-east with the Great Lakes, and in the south-east they pass to Altai Gobijski. They are built of Paleozoic rocks. Due to the high altitude, the higher parts are covered with snow fields and glaciers, the largest in Mongolia (a total of 800 km² according to data from the 1980s). Here lies (in the Tawan Bogd uul massif) the largest glacier of Mongolia - 19 km long glacier and more than 50 km².

In Mongolian Altai there are the sources of the largest river of Western Mongolia, Kobdo, as well as the source of the Irtysh River, the largest tributary of the Ob River (longer than it is). The northern slope, up to 2600 m above sea level. partly covered with forests (taiga), where the main tree is larch. The entire south-east part is devoid of forest, from the height of 2600 m n.p.m. is an eternal permafrost. A significant share of the steppes, and in the areas of high mountain tundra.

There are rare animals in these mountains. snow leopard and brown bear. On the Bulgan River (left tributary of the upper Irtysh) there are beavers. There are numerous, though not confirmed, reports of the Yeti meetings, which they call the Almighty.

Due to the better quality of the mountain pastures, the Mongolian Altay is relatively densely populated. Aajak Bajah (lies entirely within the highest part of this mountain range) has a population density of 2.2 persons / km² (second place in Mongolia). The northwestern part of the Mongolian Altai is inhabited mostly by the Kazakhs, further south-west are the tribes of West-Mongolia and the Mongols. Most populations live nomadic or semi-nomadic. The only city of Ölgij (the administrative center of the Bajan Aikido) has 28,400 inhabitants (2006).

The breeding of sheep, goats, cows, yaks, horses and camels is the basis of the economy. Bibliography

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