Tsagaan Usun

Tsagaan Usun lies at the meeting of the Chagan-Uzun and Chuya rivers in the Altai. The name preserves an older Mongolian form related to the words for water and river. Nearby rises the Sukor massif, which separates the Chuya and Kurai steppes. This high inland basin has a cold, semi-arid climate, with open ground enclosed by the mountains of the Altai.