Where is Altai Mountain located?

Altai Mountain is located in the northeast of Junggar Basin in Xinjiang. It is not only a branch of Tianshan Mountain, but also a boundary mountain between China and Mongolia. "Altai" means "Jinshan" in Mongolian, so it has been panning for gold here since the Han Dynasty. It runs northwest-southeast, and also obliquely crosses the borders of China, Kazakstan, Russian and Mongolian. In addition, its main ridge is more than 3000 meters high, and the highest peak in the north is Friendship Peak, with an altitude of 4374 meters. The specific meaning is explained as follows:

Altai Mountain has a continental climate with warm and rainy summers. Winter is cold, there is little snow in the valley, and there is heavy snow in the mountains. The average annual temperature here is 0 degrees, the average temperature in July is between 15 and 17 degrees, the lowest temperature in winter is -62 degrees, and the average annual precipitation is between 500 and 700 millimeters. In addition, the Altai Mountain is rich in runoff, and the Irtysh River and the Ulungu River are developed, which constitute a typical asymmetric comb water system, among which the Irtysh River is the only outflow river in Xinjiang. Moreover, there are many canyons and fault basins in the upper reaches of the two rivers, with large drop, clear water flow and less sediment, and the hydraulic reserve is about 500 thousand kilowatts. In addition, the natural resources of Altai Mountain are rich and diverse. There are more than 2,000 species of plants in Altai Mountain, including endangered species 17 and endemic species 2 12 in this area. The most striking is Alnus cremastogyne, which only grows in the East Altai region. Forest tree species are mainly Siberian fir, larch and poplar.