Mugalzhar

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain range Mugalzhar (Template:Langx), also known as Mugodzhar Hills or Mugodzhar Range (Template:Langx),[1] is a mountain range of moderate height in the Aktobe Region of northwestern Kazakhstan.

Geography

Stretching in a roughly north/south direction, the Mugalzhar is a southern prolongation of the Ural Mountains. The northernmost section a narrow ridge that branches into two almost parallel ridges separated by the gently undulating Script error: No such module "convert". Alabass Basin (Template:Langx).[2]

The Mugalzhar has a length of about Script error: No such module "convert". with a width of Script error: No such module "convert".. It stretches from the Or River (река Орь) as a narrow range that further south splits in two: the Eastern Mugalzhar and Western Mugalzhar. The highest point is Script error: No such module "convert". high Mount Ulken Baktybay (Template:Ill), rising in the Eastern Mugalzhar.[3][4][5]

Located at the southern end, the Shoshkakol Buirat is a spur of low hills reaching a height of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4] In the northern section, the wider Mugalzhar connects with the Guberlin Mountains.[3]

Hydrography

The Mugalzhar forms the divide between the Caspian and Aral Sea basins.[2] Some of the rivers having their sources in the Mugalzhar are Or, Emba, Irgiz, Zhylandysay, Bolgasyn and Kauylzhyr.[4][3]

References

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  1. Gory Mugodzhary Geonames
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  5. Google Earth

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