Bogda Shan

The Bogda Shan rises as a high eastern section of the Tian Shan, about 60 kilometres east of Ürümqi in Xinjiang. Its valleys begin at roughly 1,380 metres and climb to Bogda Peak at 5,445 metres, a relative relief of 4,065 metres that produces a steep transition from foothills to snow and rock above the dry basins. Streams fed by the high slopes descend in several directions, and passes and river valleys form narrow corridors through a range that otherwise separates Dzungaria from the Tarim Basin.