The Altai Mountains (/ ɑːlˈtaɪ / ahl-TY) are a mountain range in Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters.

Altai Mountains, complex mountain system of Central Asia extending approximately 1,200 miles (2,000 km) in a southeast-northwest direction from the Gobi (Desert) to the West Siberian Plain, through …

Altai (Russian: Респу́блика Алта́й rees-POOB-leek-uh uhl-TIGH) is a republic in Western Siberia, which has an amazing variety of landscapes: from boundless steppes to impassable taiga forests. The Altai …

The Altai Mountains are located in the very heart of Russia — near the Russian border with Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China. They are often called “Russian Tibet”, “Siberian Switzerland” and even “New …

The Altai region is characterized by a diverse and rugged landscape, with towering peaks, deep canyons, pristine alpine lakes, and lush meadows. The climate of the Altai Mountains is continental, …

The indigenous Altai people represent an amalgamation of several Turkic tribes; today the area is inhabited by a mixture of Altai, who now number less than 20 percent of the population, and the …

Altai Republic or Altay Republic (ăltī´, ăl´tī, ältī´), constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 190,000), 35,800 sq mi (92,722 sq km), SE Siberian Russia. Bordering on Mongolia in the south, it contains most of …

Sep 23, 2023 · The Altai are a Turkic ethnic group closely related to the Khakas and Tuvans (and more distantly to the Yakuts, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz), and they speak the Altai language. Russian is spoken …

Jun 29, 2020 · Finding practical information on Altai isn’t always easy, so we’ve put together this Altai Travel Guide to help you plan everything from where to go, what to do and when to visit, right down …

The Altai Republic is situated in the Altai Mountains in the very center of Asia at the junction of the Siberian taiga, the steppes of Kazakhstan and the semi- deserts of Mongolia.