Hissaro-Alay

Hissaro-Alay
Hissaro-Alay
	Chimtarga peak
Highest point
Peak	Chimtarga
Elevation	5,489 m (18,009 ft)
Dimensions
Length	900 km (560 mi)
Width	80–150 km (50–93 mi)
Naming
Native name	Ҳисору-Олой (Tajik); Ысар-Алай (Kyrgyz); Hisor-Olay (Uzbek);
Geography
Country	Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
Range coordinates	39°28′0″N 69°58′0″E / 39.46667°N 69.96667°E

Hissaro-Alay is a mountain system in Central Asia, part of the Pamir-Alay.

Location

Hissaro-Alay is located west of the Pamirs, between the Fergana Valley in the north, the Karshi Steppe, the Tajik Depression and the Alay Valley in the south. The eastern part of the system is located on the territory of Kyrgyzstan, the middle - in Tajikistan and the western - in Uzbekistan. The length of Hissaro-Alai from west to east is about 900 km (560 mi), the width in the western part is up to 150 km (93 mi), and in the east up to 80 km (50 mi).

History

Neolithic cultures, such as Hissar have inhabited the Hissaro-Alay mountain area between 6-2 millennia BCE whose economy consisted of sheep and goat pastoralism.^[1]

Ridges

source:^[2]

Name	Max. height (meters above sea level)	Length (km)	Glacier area (km²)
Turkestan range	5621	340	600
Gissarsky range	4643	200	390
Zerafshansky range	5489	397	307
Karatekinsky range	3950	90	60
Malguzar range	2621	25	0
Hobduntau Mountains	1672	25	0
Aktau Mountains	500	15	0
Karatau Mountains	1108	50	0
Nuratau range	2165	170	0
Etaktau range	1993	87	0
Karakchitau Mountains	1103	22	0
Koitas Mountains	1905	52	0
Natrantoo range	3375	35	0
Terektau range	4454	80	0
Baysun Tau range^[3]	4424	150	0
Kugitangtau range	3137	41	0
Alaysky range	5539	400	811

References

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Hissaro-Alay

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Location

History

Ridges

References