Altyn Tagh

Proper noun

Altyn Tagh

1. A mountain range in Central Asia.
   • The water used in irrigating the soil is led from the Chargalyk-daria, which flows from the neighbouring Altyn-tagh mountains, an elevated range south of Lob-nor.[1879, N. Prejevalsky, chapter II, in E. Delmar Morgan, transl., From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lob-nor, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 76
   • THIS is a personal story, with a physical background stretching from the River Don in Russia across Siberia, down through Mongolia and Northwestern China to the lofty, inhospitable Altyn Tagh, first step to the Kunlun ranges bordering Tibet.1942 October 4, Jane Spence Southron, “Secret Army; THE GOLDEN HORDE. By La Selle Gilman. 466 pp. New York Smith & Durrell. $2.75.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

   Synonyms:

   Altun