Tannu-Ola mountains

Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Tannu-Ola mountainsTemplate:Efn or Tangdy-Uula mountainsTemplate:Efn are a mountain range in southern Siberia, in the Tuva Republic of Russia. It extends in an east–west direction and curves along the Mongolian border. Its highest peak reaches . The Tannu-Ola mountains are mentioned in the 13th-century text The Secret History of the Mongols under the name "Tanglu mountains" (), and also in the JāmiʿAl-tawārīkh of Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247–1318) under the name "Toungat mountains" (). By the Qing dynasty the name has been changed to Tangnu () mountains, from which the modern name is derived. All names are probably rooted in the old Turkic word taŋ - "wonder, awe, wondrous."

Geography

The northern slopes are part of the watershed of the Yenisei River, facing the western Sayan Mountains. The eastern end touches the large watershed of the Selenge River in Mongolia. The foothills of the southern slopes cross into Mongolian territory. They form the northern limits of a large basin of steppes that extends south to the Mongolian Altay Mountains and includes the salt lake Uvs Nuur. The western end is located near the northern Altay Mountains in the Russian Altai Republic.

See also

• Tuva Depression
• Uvs Nuur Basin
• Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Reserve

References

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