Hissaro-Alay


Hissaro-Alay is a mountain system in Central Asia, part of the Pamir-Alay.

Location

Hissaro-Alay is located west of the Pamirs, between the Fergana Valley in the north, the Karshi Steppe, the Tajik Depression and the Alay Valley in the south. The eastern part of the system is located on the territory of Kyrgyzstan, the middle - in Tajikistan and the western - in Uzbekistan. The length of Hissaro-Alai from west to east is about, the width in the western part is up to, and in the east up to.

History

, such as Hissar have inhabited the Hissaro-Alay mountain area between 6-2 millennia BCE whose economy consisted of sheep and goat pastoralism.

Ridges

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NameMax. height Length Glacier area
Turkestan range5621340600
Gissarsky range4643200390
Zerafshansky range5489397307
Karatekinsky range39509060
Malguzar range2621250
Hobduntau Mountains1672250
Aktau Mountains500150
Karatau Mountains1108500
Nuratau range21651700
Etaktau range1993870
Karakchitau Mountains1103220
Koitas Mountains1905520
Natrantoo range3375350
Terektau range4454800
Baysun Tau range44241500
Kugitangtau range3137410
Alaysky range5539400811