Alatau

Alatau or Ala-Too (Kazakh: Alatau, Алатау; Turkish: Аladağ; Kyrgyz: Ала-Тоо; Russian: Алатау) is a generic name for a number of mountain ranges in Central Asia, characterized by interleaving areas of vegetation, scattered rocks and snows.

Notable mountain ranges that share the name include:

• Kuznetsk Alatau, a mountain range in South Siberia, Russia
• Several ranges of the Tien Shan
  • Dzungarian Alatau, North Tien Shan, Kazakhstan/China
  • Kungey Alatau, West Tien-Shan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan
  • Kyrgyz Alatau, West Tien Shan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan
  • Talas Alatau, West Tien Shan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan
  • Terskey Alatau, South Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan
  • Trans-Ili Alatau, West Tien Shan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan

See also

• Aladağ (disambiguation), the Turkish synonym

List of mountains with the same or similar names

This set index article includes a list of mountains that share the same name (or similar names).
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