Cartes topographiques Xinjiang

Altitude moyenne : 1.294 m

K2 is nicknamed "The King of Mountains" and "The Mountaineers' Mountain", as well as "The Mountain of Mountains", a phrase popularized by Italian climber Reinhold Messner in his book on K2. Although the summit of Everest is at a higher altitude, K2 is a more difficult and dangerous climb. This is in part due…

Altitude moyenne : 7.482 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.145 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.055 m

Gasherbrum II is located on the border of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and Xinjiang, China. It is part of the Karakoram mountain range in the Himalayas, and located at the top of the Baltoro Glacier. With an elevation of 8,034 metres (26,358 ft) it is the third-highest member of the Gasherbrum group, behind…

Altitude moyenne : 7.098 m

The territorial expanse of the county is 178 kilometres (111 mi) from north to south and 140 kilometres (87 mi) from east to west, the total area is about 25,000 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi), with an average altitude above 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). The county includes a significant part of the…

Altitude moyenne : 3.931 m

The Turpan Basin formed in a shear zone during the Late Permian due to motion between the East European and the Angaran craton. It was subsequently deformed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates in the Cenozoic. In the latter deformation, a thrust fault belt running from east to west, the Flaming…

Altitude moyenne : -153 m

Broad Peak is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China. It is the 12th highest mountain in the world at 8,051 metres (26,414 ft) elevation above sea level. The first ascent of this mountain was in June 1957, accomplished by…

Altitude moyenne : 7.117 m

Kongur Tagh (Kyrgyz: Коңур Тоо; Uyghur: قوڭۇر تاغ, Коңур Тағ, meaning "Brown Mountain"; Mongolian: Хонгор Таг, (Хонгор/Kongur/Kongur is Mongolian word for the color Mongolians use for Buckskin colored horse) Hongor Tag; simplified Chinese: 公格尔峰; traditional…

Altitude moyenne : 6.904 m

Altitude moyenne : 3.074 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.344 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.603 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.275 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.187 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.108 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.076 m

Altitude moyenne : 109 m

Yarkant County, also Shache County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Yakan County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. It is one of 11 counties administered under Kashgar Prefecture. The county, usually referred…

Altitude moyenne : 1.227 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.265 m

Altitude moyenne : 519 m

Altitude moyenne : 978 m

Muztagh Ata (meaning 'Ice Mountain Father' in English), formerly known as Mount Tagharma and Wi-tagh, is the second highest of the mountains which form the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, with an elevation of 7,546 m (24,757 ft). It is sometimes regarded as being part of the Kunlun Mountains, although…

Altitude moyenne : 6.786 m

Altitude moyenne : 994 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.360 m

Altitude moyenne : 4.248 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.292 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.445 m

Altitude moyenne : 750 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.251 m

Altitude moyenne : 3.718 m

Yarkant County, also Shache County, also transliterated from Uyghur as Yakan County, is a county in the Xinjiang, China, located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin. It is one of 11 counties administered under Kashgar Prefecture. The county, usually referred to as Yarkand in…

Altitude moyenne : 1.709 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.275 m

Altitude moyenne : 725 m

The seat of Tuoyun Township is at 2,780 meters above sea level. The average elevation of the township is above 3,300 meters. The highest altitude is 5,031 meters. The altitude of each pasture is 3,000-4,500 meters. More than 98% are Gobi desert and saline-alkali land, and the climate is extremely bad. The…

Altitude moyenne : 3.537 m

Jengish Chokusu or Victory Peak is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system in Central Asia at 7,439 metres (24,406 ft). It lies on the China–Kyrgyzstan border between the Ak-Suu District in the Issyk-Kul Region of far Eastern Kyrgyzstan and Wensu County, Xinjiang, China. It is part of the…

Altitude moyenne : 6.681 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.587 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.107 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.642 m

Altitude moyenne : 819 m

Altitude moyenne : 563 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.197 m

Altitude moyenne : 5.376 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.121 m

Altitude moyenne : 612 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.339 m

Altitude moyenne : 3.665 m

There are 11 local ethnic groups in the county, such as Kyrgyz, Han, Uyghur, Hui, Uzbek, Tajik, etc. and the Kyrgyz ethnic group accounts for about 80% of the total population of the county. Its total land area of the county is 19,118 square kilometers with an average elevation of 2,890 meters and its county…

Altitude moyenne : 3.049 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.197 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.666 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.732 m

The county seat is in Ruoqiang Town. This is the location which less-detailed maps will label as "Ruoqiang". It lies at an altitude of 848 metres (2,782 ft).

Altitude moyenne : 2.588 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.487 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.434 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.898 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.212 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.219 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.570 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.514 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.035 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.050 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.356 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.550 m

Altitude moyenne : 821 m

The largest city in western China, Ürümqi has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most remote city from any sea in the world. It is about 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) from the nearest coastline as Ürümqi is the closest major city to the Eurasian pole of inaccessibility, although Karamay…

Altitude moyenne : 1.294 m

Altitude moyenne : 863 m

Altitude moyenne : 899 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.061 m

Stein argued that, judging from the topography and remains found around Tashkurgan, the fort and associated settlements had clearly been central to the broader Sarikol area, controlling routes from the Oxus to the oases of southern Turkestan.

Altitude moyenne : 3.109 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.279 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.570 m

Altitude moyenne : 573 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.332 m

Dafdar village lies at an altitude of 3,400 m above sea level, just to the east of the Karakoram Highway.

Altitude moyenne : 4.416 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.420 m

Altitude moyenne : 4.565 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.984 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.191 m

The name of Akqi was from the Kyrgyz language, meaning white achnatherum calamagrostis (白芨芨草). The Administrative Division of Akqi (阿合奇设治局) was first established, it was named after its seat located in the Village of Akqi (阿合奇村). The county of Akqi is located in alpine areas of the…

Altitude moyenne : 2.812 m

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Altitude moyenne : 1.454 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.871 m

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Altitude moyenne : 4.282 m

The Altai Mountains traverses Fuhai County, and the two main rivers in the county are the Ulungu Lake and the Irtysh River. Ulungu Lake is located in Fuhai County. The county's elevation ranges from 386 to 3,332 m (1,266 to 10,932 ft), with an average elevation of about 500 m (1,640 ft).

Altitude moyenne : 504 m

Altitude moyenne : 881 m

Altitude moyenne : 773 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.229 m

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Altitude moyenne : 2.859 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.306 m

Altitude moyenne : 884 m

Altitude moyenne : 492 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.936 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.409 m

Altitude moyenne : 5.790 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.217 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.498 m

Altitude moyenne : 1.262 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.410 m

Altitude moyenne : 2.681 m