Alatau

Alatau (Russian: Алатау; Kazakh: Алатау), Ala-Too^[1] (Kyrgyz: Ала-Тоо), Alatagh or Alatag (Turkish: Аladağ) is a generic name for a number of mountain ranges in Central Asia, characterized by interleaving areas of vegetation, scattered rocks and snows.

Mountains of Kungoy Ala-Too seen from Kosh-Kol, Kyrgyzstan

For other uses, see Alatau (disambiguation).

Notable mountain ranges that share the name include:

• Kuznetsk Alatau, a mountain range in South Siberia, Russia
• Several ranges of the Tian Shan
  • Dzungarian Alatau, North Tian Shan, Kazakhstan/China
  • Kungoy Ala-Too, West Tian Shan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan
  • Kyrgyz Ala-Too, West Tian Shan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan
  • Talas Ala-Too, West Tian Shan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan
  • Terskey Ala-Too, South Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan
  • Trans-Ili Alatau, West Tian Shan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan

See also

• Aladağ (disambiguation), the Turkish synonym