This section of the site contains our photographs of natural landscapes of the world, including geological formations, relief forms, natural water bodies and vegetation types, as well as some plants and animals, typical to different native zones and geographical regions.
This page contains the list of images of the Northern Tien-Shan
Mountains(Issyk-Kul Lake, Kungei Alatau, Sailiysky Alatau, Charyn Canyon) nature:
natural landscapes and some vegetation types and plants.
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(each photo has a semantic geographical or biological captions, explaining illustrated objects).
Northern
Tien-Shan Mountains
Issyk Kul Lake and Kungei-Alatoo
(Kyrgyzstan)
Zailiysky Alatau and Charyn Canyon (Kazakhstan)
Sandy bush vegetation on the Issyk Kul Lake shore. View to the Northern Tien-Shan
Issyk Kul Lake. View to the Northern Tien-Shan. Sandy beach growing by water
vegetation
Issyk Kul Lake. View to the Central Tien-Shan
Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) on the lake shore
Sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)
Barber shrub (Berberis vulgaris L.)
Horse-pond. Artesian well
Sunset on the lake. View to the Central Tien-Shan
Kungey-Alatoo. Geographical science station
Kungey-Alatoo. View to the main ridge
Kungey-Alatoo. View to the main ridge
Kungey-Alatoo. View to the main ridge
Kungey-Alatoo. View from the main ridge.
Tien-Shan spruce (Picea tianshanica = Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.)
forest zone
Kungey-Alatoo. Tien-Shan spruce (Picea tianshanica = Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et
Mey.)
forest zone and fir forest zone
Mountain river in the coniferous forest zone.
Tien-Shan spruce (Picea tianshanica = Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.)
forest zone
Moonlit night
Pasture meadows and apricot orchards in the lower altitude zone. Road to the Kimaisar
pass.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Zailiysky Alatau, near Almaty (Alma-Ata) and Medeo,
Kazakhstan
The road to the Kimaisar pass in the mountain coniferous forest (taiga) zone.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Zailiysky Alatau, near Almaty (Alma-Ata) and Medeo,
Kazakhstan
Pasture meadows in the mountain coniferous forest (taiga) zone.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Zailiysky Alatau, near Almaty (Alma-Ata) and Medeo,
Kazakhstan
The mountain coniferous forest (taiga) zone.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Zailiysky Alatau, near Almaty (Alma-Ata) and Medeo,
Kazakhstan
Autumn in the mountains. Apricot tree against the background of Zailiysky Alatau
mountains.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, near Esik town, Kazakhstan
Isik (Issyk) Lake in the Zailiysky Alatau mountains, not far from the Almaty
(Alma-Ata) city.
The mountain coniferous forest (taiga) with Tien-Shan spruce (Picea tianschanica = Picea
schrenkiana)
predominance on the slopes. Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan
Isik (Issyk) Lake in the Zailiysky Alatau mountains, not far from the Almaty
(Alma-Ata) city.
The mountain coniferous forest (taiga) with Tien-Shan spruce (Picea tianschanica = Picea
schrenkiana)
predominance on the slopes. Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan
Spring in the Zailiysky Alatau mountains. Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan
Autumn in the Turgen River valley in the Zailiysky Alatau mountains.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, not far from the Almaty (Alma-Ata) city, Kazakhstan
Spring in the Turgen River valley in the Zailiysky Alatau mountains.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, not far from the Almaty (Alma-Ata) city, Kazakhstan
Turgen River in the Zailiysky Alatau mountains.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, not far from the Almaty (Alma-Ata) city, Kazakhstan
Turgen River small tributary in the Zailiysky Alatau mountains.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, not far from the Almaty (Alma-Ata) city, Kazakhstan
Mountain steppe meadows with apricot trees in the Turgen gorge (canyon).
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Zailiysky Alatau, not far from the Almaty (Alma-Ata) city,
Kazakhstan
Flowering apricot tree in the Turgen gorge (canyon).
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Zailiysky Alatau, not far from the Almaty (Alma-Ata) city,
Kazakhstan
Flowering apricot trees in the Turgen gorge (canyon).
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Zailiysky Alatau, not far from the Almaty (Alma-Ata) city,
Kazakhstan
Charyn Canyon, or Dolina Zamkov (Valley of the Castles), -
the result of the sandstone (sedimentary rocks) atmogenic erosion.
Northern Tien-Shan Mountains, Charyn National Park, South-East Kazakhstan
The sandstone outliers - the result of the sandstone (sedimentary rocks) atmogenic
erosion.
Charyn Canyon, or Dolina Zamkov (Valley of the Castles), Northern Tien-Shan Mountains,
Charyn National Park, South-East Kazakhstan
The sandstone outliers and Charyn River with famous relict ash (Fraxinus sogdiana)
grove on the floodplain.
Charyn Canyon, or Dolina Zamkov (Valley of the Castles), Northern Tien-Shan Mountains,
Charyn National Park, South-East Kazakhstan
The Charyn River and famous relict ash (Fraxinus sogdiana) grove on the floodplain.
Charyn Canyon, or Dolina Zamkov (Valley of the Castles), Northern Tien-Shan Mountains,
Charyn National Park, South-East Kazakhstan
Sogdian poplar (Populus pruinosa Shrenk) on the Charyn River bank.
Charyn Canyon, or Dolina Zamkov (Valley of the Castles), Northern Tien-Shan Mountains,
Charyn National Park, South-East Kazakhstan
Willow bush after the forest fire.
The sandstone outliers on the background - the result of the sandstone (sedimentary rocks)
atmogenic erosion.
Charyn Canyon, or Dolina Zamkov (Valley of the Castles), Northern Tien-Shan Mountains,
Charyn National Park, South-East Kazakhstan