Tian Shan

The inner Tian Shan consists of high ridges and enclosed basins around the upper Naryn. Snowfields and glaciers feed streams that gather into the river before it turns west toward Fergana. The mountain slopes shelter summer pastures, while higher crests remain rocky and cold. Valleys and passes divide the high country into separate basins, through which travellers and herders find their way between the Naryn and the northern slopes of the range.