# Saur Mountains

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Mountain range in China and Kazakhstan

Saur Saur Location Show map of China Saur Saur (Kazakhstan) Show map of Kazakhstan Highest point Peak Sauyr Zhotasy (Muz Tau) Elevation 3,840 m (12,600 ft) Naming Native name 萨吾尔山 (Chinese) Сауыр жоталары (Kazakh) Geography Location China–Kazakhstan border Countries Kazakhstan and China Range coordinates 47°04′N 85°34′E / 47.067°N 85.567°E / 47.067; 85.567

The **Saur Mountains** ([Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 萨吾尔山; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Sàwú'ěr Shān*; [Kazakh](/source/Kazakh_language): Сауыр жоталары, *Sauyr jotalary*; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Саур) is one of the mountain ranges in the [Tian Shan](/source/Tian_Shan) system. An eastern extension of the [Tarbagatai Mountains](/source/Tarbagatai_Mountains), it starts on the China-Kazakhstan border and continues east into China, where it forms the border between the [Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County](/source/Hoboksar_Mongol_Autonomous_County) and [Jeminay County](/source/Jeminay_County) of [Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang).

The highest peak of the range, and of the entire Saur-Tarbagatai mountain system, is the ice-capped [Sauyr Zhotasy](/source/Sauyr_Zhotasy), also known as the Muz Tau.

Streams flowing south from the Saur make irrigated agriculture possible, although on a very limited scale, in their valleys in Hoboksar County. One of them reaches as far as the large oasis seen on Google Maps at [46°10′00″N 86°25′00″E / 46.16667°N 86.41667°E / 46.16667; 86.41667](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Saur_Mountains&params=46_10_00_N_86_25_00_E_region:CN-62_type:landmark), in the southern part of [Xiazigai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xiazigai&action=edit&redlink=1) Township (夏孜盖乡, *Xiàzīgài xiāng*). Apparently it is streams like this that Chinese geographers describe as "seasonal rivers sourcing from the northern mountains" whose water occasionally reaches the [Manas Lake](/source/Manas_Lake).[1]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-arid_1-0)** Yao, Yonghui; Li, Huiguo (2010), ["Tectonic geomorphological characteristics for evolution of the Manas Lake"](http://jal.xjegi.com/EN/article/downloadArticleFile.do?attachType=PDF&id=51), *Journal of Arid Land*, **2** (3): 167–173, [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3724/SP.J.1227.2010.00167](https://doi.org/10.3724%2FSP.J.1227.2010.00167) (p.171)

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