Altai Mountains

E25451
UNESCO World Heritage Site ethnic group mountain mountain range plateau

The Altai Mountains are a remote, high mountain system in Central and East Asia, known for their rugged peaks, rich biodiversity, and role as a natural border between Russia, Mongolia, China, and Kazakhstan.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Belukha Mountain 0
Golden Mountains of Altai 1
Ukok Plateau 0

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
biogeographicRegion Palearctic realm ⓘ
surface form: Palearctic
climate continental climate ⓘ
contains Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Golden Mountains of Altai

Ukok Plateau ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
elevation 4506 m ⓘ
faunaIncludes Altai argali ⓘ
Siberian ibex ⓘ
snow leopard ⓘ
floraIncludes Larix ⓘ
surface form: Siberian larch

Korean pine ⓘ
surface form: Siberian pine
formsBorderBetween China and Mongolia ⓘ
Russia and China ⓘ
Russia and Kazakhstan ⓘ
Russia and Mongolia ⓘ
geologicalFormation Alpine orogeny ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteType Scythian burial mounds ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
hasEcosystem alpine tundra ⓘ
boreal forest ⓘ
steppe ⓘ
highestPoint Belukha Mountain ⓘ
inhabitedBy Altai people ⓘ
knownFor glaciers ⓘ
high-altitude lakes ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
rugged peaks ⓘ
steppe landscapes ⓘ
taiga forests ⓘ
locatedIn Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity ecotourism ⓘ
mining ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
partOf Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Altai-Sayan mountain region
riverSourceOf Irtysh River ⓘ
Ob River ⓘ
UNESCOStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ
partly World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Gobi Desert → borderedBy → Altai Mountains ⓘ
Dzungarian Basin → boundedBy → Altai Mountains ⓘ
Altai Mountains → contains → Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Mountains of Altai
Mongolia → geographicalFeature → Altai Mountains ⓘ
Turkic languages → hasMajorLanguage → Altai Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altai
Central Asia → hasMajorMountainRange → Altai Mountains ⓘ
East Asian mountain system → hasMajorRange → Altai Mountains ⓘ
East Asia → hasMountainRange → Altai Mountains ⓘ
Altai Mountains → locatedIn → Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Belukha Mountain
Altai Mountains → locatedIn → Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Golden Mountains of Altai
Altai Mountains → locatedIn → Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ukok Plateau
Altai Mountains → partOf → Altai Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altai-Sayan mountain region
Ob River → sourceRegion → Altai Mountains ⓘ