Tianshan Mountain
Tianshan Mountain, one of the seven largest mountain systems in the world, is located in the hinterland of Eurasia. It spans China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan from east to west, with a total length of about 2500 km, an average width of 250-350 km from north to south, and a maximum width of more than 800 km. It is the largest independent latitudinal mountain system in the world, the farthest mountain system from the ocean and the largest mountain system in the global arid area Mountains.
Tianshan Mountain is east-west, stretching 1700 kilometers in China, covering an area of more than 570000 square kilometers, accounting for about 1 / 3 of the total area of Xinjiang. The Tianshan Mountains in China roughly divide Xinjiang into two parts: Tarim Basin in the South and Junggar Basin in the north. Tomur peak is the highest peak of Tianshan Mountains, with an altitude of 7443.8 meters. The Xier, Chu and Ili rivers all originate from the Tianshan Mountains.
On June 21, 2013, four areas of Tianshan Mountain in China, including Tomur peak, kalajun kurdning, Bayinbuluke and Bogda, were successfully applied for World Natural Heritage under the name of "Xinjiang Tianshan Mountain", becoming the 44th World Heritage site in China
. From July 10 to 17, 2017, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan jointly selected six natural heritage projects, including the Western Tianshan Mountains, into the UNESCO World Heritage list.
The Tianshan Mountains in China are composed of three parallel folded mountains, high in the West and low in the East. The Northern Tianshan vein includes alatao mountain, Keguqin mountain, boluokonu mountain, Bogda mountain, etc.; the Middle Tianshan vein (trunk) includes Alakal mountain, Nalati mountain, erwengen mountain, Huola mountain, etc.; the southern Tianshan vein includes kokshaer mountain, hark mountain, tiersk mountain, kalatike mountain, etc.