Altai Mountains
mountains in Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia
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Summary
Altai Mountains is a non-geologically related mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of non geologically related mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,163 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Man and the Biosphere Programme[3], UNESCO Global Geopark[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Xinjiang[5], Bayan-Ölgii Province[6], Altai Republic[7], Altai Krai[8], East Kazakhstan Region[9]
- Country: Kazakhstan[10], Russia[11], Mongolia[12], People's Republic of China[13]
- Instance of: tourist attraction[14], biodiversity[15], geodiversity[16]
- Made from material: metamorphic rock[17]
- Commons category: Altay Mountains[18]
- Highest point: Belukha Mountain[19]
- Located in/on physical feature: Altai[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Altai Mountains[21]
- Commons gallery: Altay Mountains[22]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Encyclopedic Lexicon[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Great dictionary of geographical names[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[31]
- Native label: Алтайн нуруу[32], ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠨᠢᠷᠤᠭᠤ[33], ئالتاي تاغ تىزمىسى[34], Алтай[35], ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ[36], Алтай таулары[37], 阿勒泰[38]
- Different from: Altai[39]
- Length: 2000 km[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 4506 m[41]
- Width: 600 km[42]
- Time period: Paleozoic[43]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Altai Mountains include Altai people[45], an ethnic group[46], in Russia[47]; Vipera altaica[48], a taxon[49]; and Rupes Altai[50], a rupes[51].
Why It Matters
Altai Mountains has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include Altai people[45], an ethnic group[46], in Russia[47]; Vipera altaica[48], a taxon[49]; and Rupes Altai[50], a rupes[51].