RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL OF THE TERRITORIAL AND NATURAL SYSTEM OF THE KAZAKH ALTAI

Abstract

Mountains not only occupy a significant part of the land, but are also the main haven of ecotourism. According to the World Environmental Monitoring Center, the land area occupied by mountains is 35.9 million km2, or 24.3% of the Earth's total surface. The Southern Altai is a ridge, the western part of which is located in Kazakhstan, the eastern part of the ridge separates Russia from China. The total length of the ridge is about 125 km . Steppes are common up to a height of 1400-1500 m, park larch forests reach a height of 2100-2200 m; subalpine and alpine meadows are common in the alpine belt. There are over 180 glaciers. It begins to the west from the Kara Koba River, which separates it from the Kalbinsky Ridge located further west. It runs from west to east. In the east, it ends at the Tavan-Bogdo-Ula massif, which begins the Saylugem ranges (to the east) and the Mongolian Altai (to the south). In the southeast, the Bendyrtau Mountains adjoin the ridge.