Tien Shan

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UNESCO World Heritage Site mountain mountain range mountain system valley glacier

Tien Shan is a vast Central Asian mountain system spanning several countries, known for its high, glaciated peaks and role as a major source of regional rivers.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form Occurrences
Tian Shan 12
Khan Tengri 1
Jengish Chokusu 0

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
mountain system ⓘ
valley glacier ⓘ
biodiversity alpine meadows ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
border Dzungarian Basin ⓘ
Ferghana Valley ⓘ
Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
surface form: Kazakh Steppe

Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
surface form: Taklamakan Desert

Tarim Basin ⓘ
climate arid to semi-arid ⓘ
continental ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
drainageBasin Chu River ⓘ
Ili River ⓘ
Naryn River ⓘ
Syr Darya ⓘ
Tarim River ⓘ
economicUse freshwater source for irrigation ⓘ
mountaineering and trekking ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
elevation 7010 m ⓘ
7439 m ⓘ
feature extensive glaciation ⓘ
high alpine peaks ⓘ
intermontane basins ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasGlacier Inylchek Glacier ⓘ
hasPeak Jengish Chokusu ⓘ
Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khan Tengri

Pik Pobedy ⓘ
highestPoint Jengish Chokusu ⓘ
length about 2500 km ⓘ
locatedIn Almaty ⓘ
surface form: Almaty Region

Central Asia ⓘ
Issyk-Kul Region ⓘ
Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
nameLanguage Chinese ⓘ
nameMeaning Celestial Mountains ⓘ
orientation generally east–west ⓘ
orogeny Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: Alpine orogeny
partOf Central Asia ⓘ
surface form: Interior Asia

Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system ⓘ
Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Tianshan

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tien Shan → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xinjiang Tianshan
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Ferghana Valley → borderedBy → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tien Shan mountains
Tarim Basin → borderedBy → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Asia → containsMountainRange → Tien Shan ⓘ
Xinjiang → containsMountainRange → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Eurasian Plate → formsFeature → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tien Shan Mountains
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Western China → hasMountainRange → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tianshan Mountains
Tien Shan → hasPeak → Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khan Tengri
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Tien Shan → locatedIn → Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Inylchek Glacier
Inylchek Glacier → locatedIn → Tien Shan ⓘ
Tien Shan → locatedIn → Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jengish Chokusu
Tien Shan → locatedIn → Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Khan Tengri
Almaty → locatedInMountainRange → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Ili Alatau
this entity surface form: Central Tien Shan
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Almaty → locatedInMountainSystem → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Jengish Chokusu → mountainRange → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Kyrgyzstan → mountainRange → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Ferghana Valley → partOf → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tien Shan region
Tien Shan → partOf → Tien Shan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Xinjiang Tianshan
Silk Road routes → passesThrough → Tien Shan ⓘ
Pik Pobedy → relativeLocation → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Tian Shan
Syr Darya → sourceRegion → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tian Shan
Issyk-Kul → surroundedBy → Tien Shan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tian Shan mountains