Pskem Mountains

Pskem Mountain Range.
Pskem Mountain Range.
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Highest point
Elevation	4,048 m (13,281 ft)
Dimensions
Length	126 km (78 mi) NW-SE
Width	31 km (19 mi) NE-SW
Naming
Native name	Пскем тоо кыркасы (Kyrgyz)
Geography
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Jalal-Abad Region
District	Toktogul District
Geology
Type of rock	Composed of granite, schist of Lower Paleozoic

The Pskem Mountain Range (‹See Tfd›Russian: Пскемский хребет, Pskemskiy Khrebet) or Piskom Mountains, is a mountain range located within the west Tien Shan range of Central Asia, and is a natural border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. It extends over 160 km (99 mi) from north-east to south-west in the extreme north-eastern finger of Uzbekistan's Tashkent Region. The range is a water divide between the Pskem river to the north and the Chandalash, Chatkal, and Koʻksu rivers to the south.^[2] The highest elevations are attained in the north-east of the range: Mount Adelung (4,301 m (14,111 ft)) and Mount Beshtor (4,299 m (14,104 ft)).^[3]

The river Pskem flows through the mountains on its way to Lake Charvak.

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Атлас Кыргызской Республики [Atlas of Kyrgyz Republic] (in русский). Bishkek: Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz SSR. 1987. p. 156.
^ Pskem Range in West Tien Shan mountaineering guide, in Russian.
^ Big Soviet Encyclopedia, on-line edition, in Russian, accessed June 6, 2011.

41°50′N 70°40′E / 41.833°N 70.667°E / 41.833; 70.667

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[Atlas-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Атлас Кыргызской Республики [Atlas of Kyrgyz Republic] (in русский). Bishkek: Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz SSR. 1987. p. 156.

[2] Pskem Range in West Tien Shan mountaineering guide, in Russian.

[3] Big Soviet Encyclopedia, on-line edition, in Russian, accessed June 6, 2011.

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