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	Altay Mountains - MSN Encarta
		Altay Mountains or Altai Mountains, mountain range of Asia, extending from the headwaters of the Ob’ and Irtysh rivers in southern Siberia in Russia, into Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China and into Mongolia.
		Below about 1830 m (about 6000 ft) the mountain slopes are thickly covered with trees, including cedar, pine, larch, fir, and birch.
		The mountains are rich in minerals, especially coal, zinc, and lead, with some gold, iron ore, copper, silver, and tin.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557032/Altay_Mountains.html (128 words)

	Altay Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Altai is a mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and where the great rivers Irtysh, Ob and Yenisei have their sources.
		In the north of the region is the Sailughem or Silyughema Mountains, also known as Kolyvan Altai, which stretch northeast from 49° N and 86° E towards the western extremity of the Sayan Mountains in 51° 60' N and 89° E. Their mean elevation is 1500 to 1750 m.
		Mountain passes across the range are few and difficult, the chief being the Ulan-daban at 2827 m (2879 m according to Kozlov), and the Chapchan-daban, at 3217 m, in the south and north respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Altay_Mountains (1184 words)

	Altay Mountains - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Altay Mountains, mountain range of Asia, extending from the headwaters of the Ob’ and Irtysh rivers in southern Siberia in Russia, into Xinjiang...
		Ob’, river, western Siberia Russia, rising in southwestern Siberia on the northern slopes of the Altay Mountains, near the border with Mongolia.
		The Altay Mountains (Russian : Алтай ; Mongolian : Алтай, Altai) are a mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together...
	encarta.msn.com /Altay_Mountains.html (191 words)

	Altay Republic
		The surface area of Altay Republic is 92.902 km2 and it is covered with mountains and forests in the northern regions and the steppes in the southern parts.
		The continental climate reigns in the Altay Republic.
		Altay is very rich in respect of the minerals and the minerals that are extracted in Altay are iron, coal, silver, tin, tungsten, copper and manganese.
	www.ozturkler.com /data_english/0007/0007_07.htm (923 words)

	Altay: The Project
		The Joint Mongolian / American / Russian Project, 'Altay,' is dedicated to the study of the ecology of ancient cultures in the Altay Mountains of North Asia.
		These remote mountains and valleys are rich in surface archaeology: burial mounds from the late Bronze and Iron Ages, great stone altars (khereksur) from the Bronze and early Iron Ages, and ritual sites and stone images from the Turkic period.
		Through this process of survey and documentation, the Project is developing a broad understanding of the ecology of culture in the Mongolian Altay between the late Pleistocene (approximately 12,000 calendar year B.P.) and the first millennium C.E.
	www.uoregon.edu /~altay/project.htm (243 words)

	MBG: Research: Russia: Ornamental plants from Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The mountains consist of various Archaean schists with Palaeozoic rocks, especially limestone with Devonian and Carboniferous fossils and is believed to be of Hercynian and Alpine orogeny (Levites, 1961).
		The main ranges in the Russian Altay are the Kholzun, the Katunskiy, the ] Terektinskiy, the Seminskiy, the North- and South-Chuyskiy, the Tigerek-Korgon and the Kurayskiy.
		Altay is surrounded by steppes and by a transitional type of vegetation or forest-steppes; its southern foothills are bordered by semideserts, the northern deserts of Dzungaria as well as the mountain steppes of Kazakstan and Mongolia.
	www.mobot.org /MOBOT/research/russia/altay.shtml (2216 words)

	Land Resources of Russia
		Mountain forests in the Altay Mountains and in West Syan, which are composed of firs, tall grasses, and nemoral species but lack taiga shrubs and mosses, belong to this type.
		The belts stretch symmetrically at various slopes in the mountains with a humid climate, especially in the north.
		The primary forest communities could be considered to be broad-leaved-Siberian pine and fir-spruce forests of various ages in the Far East, fir-cedar forests in the mountains of South Siberia, pine-larch forests in Siberia, and spruce forests and pine forests of various ages in the European North.
	www.iiasa.ac.at /Research/FOR/russia_cd/veg_des.htm (4364 words)

	Physical Characteristics (from Altai, or Altay, Mountains) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The Altai proper lie in the Gorno-Altay sector of Russian Asia and in extreme eastern Kazakhstan.
		Altay kray lies in the basin of the upper Ob River and its headstreams, the Biya and Katun.
		A complex mountain system of Central Asia, the Altai Mountains extend approximately 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) in a southeast–northwest direction from the Gobi to the West Siberian Plain, through Chinese, Mongolian, Russian, and Kazakh territory.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-214924 (830 words)

	RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: B :: Barnaul
		602,000) is the capital of Altay Territory, south-western Siberian Russia, on the Ob River, one of the oldest cities in Siberia.
		Rich copper deposits discovered at the foothills of the Altay mountains and the construction of the first copper-smelting works in Kolyvan preceded appearance of Barnaul.
		The explorers of the Altay foothills supposed that silver might also be present in that area and numerous silver ornaments from the Altay ancient barrows prompted that idea.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/b/barnaul.shtml (599 words)

	Altay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Altay, Xinjiang, also spelled "Aletai", a city in Xinjiang, China
		Altay, Govi-Altay, a city in Govi-Altay Province, Mongolia
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Altai (91 words)

	The Golden Mountains Ecotour: The Altay Mountains, Russia \| mountains \| hiking \| Russia
		While to the north of the mountains the flat grassy steppe stretches in Russia, the Altay Mountains shelter primordial taiga forest.
		Having crossed the pass, a trail descends to the terrace of the mountain river Ak-kem.
		In the mountain meadows and marshes colonies of marmots and mountain songbirds abound.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/14165.html (1723 words)

	The Story of the Weeping Camel--National Geographic World Films--Photos, Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mountains rise in the west and north, eventually giving way to the pastoral rolling grasslands of the steppe, a vast, largely treeless tract that undulates across the eastern part of the country.
		Gobi habitats include rugged semidesert grasslands and the arid Gobi Altay Mountains as well as the inhospitable realm of the desert proper.
		In the rugged mountains and arid plains of the Altay Mountains, endangered animals such as the world's only desert-living bear, the Gobi bear, and wild Bactrian camels can still be found.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /weepingcamel/landofsteppeandsky.html (696 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Altay
		Altay, autonomous republic, south-central Russia, located within the Altay Kray (territory), bordering on Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia in the...
		Altai Mountains, mountain range, central Asia, extending from the headwaters of the Ob and Irtysh rivers in southern Siberia in Russia, into Xinjiang...
		The southern border of European Russia includes the young, seismically active Caucasus Mountains, which extend between the Black and Caspian seas....
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Altay.html (96 words)

	Altay: The Region
		The Mongolian Altay divides the watershed of Central Asia from that of North Asia.
		The land here is steppe and mountain steppe, covered with dry, hardy grasses and low vegetation.
		From these mountains on the west, valleys carved by glaciers and fast-flowing rivers descend to the great basins and ridges of Mongolia's inner plain.
	www.uoregon.edu /~altay/region.htm (242 words)

	Altay: The Joint Mongolian / American / Russian Project
		The Joint Mongolian / American / Russian Project, 'Altay,' is dedicated to the study of the ecology of ancient cultures in the
		Since 1994, the Project has been surveying and documenting surface archaeology in Baya Ölgiy aimag, where the Altay Mountains separate Mongolia, Russia, and northern China.
		These remote mountains and valleys are rich in surface archaeology: burial mounds from the late Bronze and Iron Ages, great stone
	www.uoregon.edu /~altay (187 words)

	Before Scandinavia: These could be the first skiers \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This January, some 40 Altay herdsmen took part in what was billed as an "ancient-skiing contest" (except it wasn't "ancient" for the locals).
		The skis used today in Altay are not unlike the 4,500-year-old skis found preserved in bogs near Hoting, Sweden.
		The Altay skis are at least twice as wide as even the latest hourglass-shaped alpine skis.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0315/p01s01-woap.html (1074 words)

	Gobi -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Aridity in the Gobi depends on the relative chalkiness of the soil and has been aggravated by the strong mountain structure to the west.
		Indeed, Lakes Orog and Bööntsagaan, in the easternmost Mongolian Altai, and Lake Ulaan, in the...
		Several major landform regions can be identified: mountains in the north and west; a basin region in the northwest; and a large, arid plateau—the Gobi—composed of steppe and desert in the south and southeast (see...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9110528 (648 words)

	Turkey Language
		The Ural-Altay linguistic family has originated in the highlands around the Altay Mountains of Central Asia at centuries ago.
		More than 90 percent of the population of the country spokes Turkish but there also some 70 other languages and dialects that are also spoken, including various dialects of Caucasian and Kurdish as well as Arabic, Greek, Ladino and Armenian.
		The Turkish language comes to Turkey when nomads from Altay Mountains came to Anatolian region bringing their language with them.
	www.justturkey.org /turkey/turkish-language.asp (284 words)

	Mongoliagobialtay
		Mongolian Kazaks still hunt with their eagles on the Altay mountains
		Bayan Olgii nestles among the towering snow-capped peaks of the Altay mountains.The polulation consists of mainly Turkish Kazaks.
		With our interest in photography and the wealth of its photo ops with the nomads and mountains and the aerchaeological sites, we will be on the road the whole day.
	www.melitour.com /mongoliagobialtay.htm (1166 words)

	RUSSIA and MONGOLIA OVERLAND #5 – Kazan 28-July-2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The city is on the Ob River which starts in the Altay mountains and flows all the way to the
		We had hoped to stay with some friends of Hazel Barker however they were away on holidays so we ended up staying at the Hotel Novosibirsk, which is in the heart of the city opposite the very grand and refurbished railway station.
		The mountains do not compare in height with other famous mountain ranges however they are a rich source of metals, minerals and oil which are vital to the Russian economy.
	dreamers1.com /russia/Kazan/Kazan.htm (2388 words)

	Photographs of the Tien Shan Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Tien Shan Mountains loom up and form the Southern edge of the steppe.
		Their snow capped peaks provide water for the agricultural land at the base of the mountains.
		An August rainstorm on the steppe will often bring new snow to the mountains.
	talgar.sbc.edu /mountains.html (80 words)

	Expedition to the Altay mountains - photos of Russia on Worldisround
		Children went about 15 days in mountains (2500 м) with big backpacks.
		They worked in mountains and sometimes they were tired very much, therefore they didn't smile.
		Well, a lot of people are already aware that russians do not smile when they make fotos.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/34675 (210 words)

	Altay: The Sites
		It is one of the oldest and largest open-air rock art sites in North Asia.
		The imagery preserved there records the changing aspect of life in the Altay region over a period
		Jacobson, Kubarev, Tseveendorj, "Newly Recorded Petroglyphic Complexes in the Altay Mountains of Baya Ölgiy Aimag, Mongolia." International Newsletter on Rock Art, No. 17 (1997): 1 - 6.
	www.uoregon.edu /~altay/sites.htm (232 words)

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