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What is the altitude of Tianshan Mountain?

The average elevation of Tianshan Mountain is about 4000 meters, and the highest peak Tomur Peak is 7443 meters above sea level.

Tianshan Mountain runs east-west, stretching 1.7 million kilometers in China, covering an area of more than 570,000 square kilometers, accounting for about 1/3 of the total area of Xinjiang. Tianshan Mountain in China roughly divides Xinjiang into two parts: Tarim Basin in the south and Junggar Basin in the north.

Tianshan Mountain stretches over 2,500 kilometers from east to west and 250-350 kilometers from north to south. It starts from the Sino-Kazakhstan border in the west and reaches Xingxingxia Valley in the east, covering an area of more than 570,000 square kilometers, accounting for about 1/3 of the total area of Xinjiang. The whole Tianshan mountain system consists of three series of mountains, which are called North Tianshan, Middle Tianshan and South Tianshan from north to south. Tianshan Mountain consists of three parts: mountain range, intermountain basin and piedmont plain.

Tianshan geology and geomorphology

The process of modern landform in Tianshan Mountain from the top to the foot is as follows:

1, perennial snow and modern glacier area. Located at an altitude of 3800-4200 meters, it is a very high snow-covered alpine zone. According to statistics, there are nearly 7,000 modern glaciers in Tianshan Mountain, covering an area of 1 1,000 square kilometers.

2. Frost zone. Located in the mountainous area above 2600-2700 meters above sea level, a large number of ancient glacial sediments have accumulated, forming a variety of glacial erosion landforms-ancient ice bucket, ice trough valley, ice ridge and so on. Has been preserved. The negative temperature period lasts for half a year and only thaws in midsummer.

3. Water erosion and accumulation area. Located between1500m-2,700m (or 2,800m) above sea level, the river network is dense and the valley terraces are developed.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-Tianshan mountain