Kokshetau Hills
The Kokshetau Hills is a system of mountains of moderate altitude in the North Kazakhstan Region and Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.
The cities of Kokshetau, Shchuchinsk and Makinsk are located in the hill zone, as well as the Burabay resort town.
The Burabay National Park and the Kokshetau National Park are the main protected areas.
Geography
The Kokshetau Hills are a northern subsystem of the Kazakh Uplands, limited to the north by the West Siberian Plain. They are scattered across a vast area, with wide flat spaces in between of river valleys or lake basins. They stretch for about between the Turgay Basin in the west and the Sileti valley in the east, with a width of from north to south. The individual hills and hill clusters rise abruptly from the plains of the intermontane basins. They are generally rocky or have rocky outcrops at the top and there are bizarre rock formations as well.The elevations are moderate, the highest point is high Mount Kokshe, also known as Sinyukha, rising in the Kokshetau Massif, located in the northeastern part of the Kokshetau Hills.
The Zhaksy-Zhalgyztau, Imantau and Ayrtau, are the main massifs in the western part, among other smaller and lower ones. The Zhilandi Massif and the Zerendin Mountains, are located in the central part. high Bukpa Hill rises above Kokshetau town and to the southeast rise the Makina Hills.