Kazakh Uplands
Also known as Qazaqtyng Usaqshoqylyghy
steppe in Kazakhstan
Key facts
- Peak
- Aksoran
- Elevation
- 1,565 m (5,135 ft)
- Coordinates
- 48°25′26″N 75°28′16″E / 48.42389°N 75.47111°E / 48.42389; 75.47111
- Length
- 1,200 km (750 mi) E / W
- Width
- 400 km (250 mi) N/ S
- Location
- Kazakhstan
- Orogeny
- Alpine orogeny
- Rock age s
- Paleozoic , Cenozoic
- Rock type s
- Granite , limestone , schist , quartzite , sandstone
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Казахский мелкосопочник.jpg
Sources (3)
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Article
The Kazakh Uplands or the Kazakh Hummocks, known in Kazakh as the Saryarqa (Cyrillic: Сарыарқа, pronounced [sɑˌrə(ʔ)ɑrˈqɑ]; lit. 'Yellow Ridge'), is a large peneplain formation extending throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan.
Administratively the Kazakh Uplands stretch across the East Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, Akmola, Ulytau and Karaganda regions. Several notable cities, including the country's capital, Astana, are located in the uplands. There are large deposits of coal in the north and copper in the south.
On the map
2 mapped locations