Celestial Mountains

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Celestial Mountains is another name for the Tien Shan, a vast Central Asian mountain range known for its high, glaciated peaks and dramatic alpine landscapes.

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Celestial Mountains canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
geographical feature
mountain
mountain
mountain range
alternateName Jengish Chokusu
Tien Shan
surface form: Tian Shan

Tien Shan
countryCount 3
drainageBasin Ili River
Syr Darya
Tarim River
elevation 7439 m
about 7010 m
extendsInto Almaty Region
Issyk-Kul Region
Xinjiang
geologicalOrigin orogenic belt
hasBiome alpine tundra
coniferous forests
montane grasslands
hasClimate continental
hasFeature alpine landscapes
glaciers
high peaks
hasHighestPoint Jengish Chokusu
hasNotablePeak Khan Tengri
Pik Pobedy
hasProtectedArea Tianshan World Heritage Site
knownFor biodiversity
glaciology research
mountaineering
languageOfName Chinese
Kyrgyz
locatedIn Central Asia
locatedInCountry China
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
meaningOfName Mountains of Heaven
mountainType alpine
orogeny Alpine orogeny
partOf Central Asia
surface form: Inner Asia

Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system
Silk Road cultural sphere
surface form: Silk Road region
separates Dzungarian Basin
surface form: Junggar Basin

Tarim Basin
UNESCOStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: World Heritage (serial property)

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Tien Shan nameMeaning Celestial Mountains