Altai Mountains | |||||||
Map of the Altai mountain range
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Chinese name | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 阿尔泰山脉 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 阿爾泰山脈 | ||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian | Алтайн нуруу/Altain nurú | ||||||
Russian name | |||||||
Russian | Алтай | ||||||
Romanization | Altay | ||||||
Kazakh name | |||||||
Kazakh | Алтай таулары/Altay tawları/التاي تاۋلارى | ||||||
Uyghur name | |||||||
Uyghur | Altay Taghliri/ئالتاي تاغلىرى |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Ā'ěrtài Shānmài |
Coordinates: 49°N 89°E / 49°N 89°E
The Altai Mountains (also spelled Altay Mountains; Altai: Алтай туулар, Altaj tuular; Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ
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ᠨᠢᠷᠤᠭᠤ , Altai-yin niruɣu (Chakhar), Алтайн нуруу, Altain nurú (Khalkha); Kazakh: Алтай таулары, Altay tawları, التاي تاۋلارى Russian: Алтайские горы, Altayskiye gory; Chinese; 阿尔泰山脉, Ā'ěrtài Shānmài, Xiao'erjing: اَعَرتَىْ شًامَىْ) are a mountain range in Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan come together, and are where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters. The northwest end of the range is at 52° N and between 84° and 90° E (where it merges with the Sayan Mountains to the east), and extends southeast from there to about 45° N and 99° E, where it gradually becomes lower and merges into the high plateau of the Gobi Desert.