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| Tarbagatai | |
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| Coordinates | 47°11′18″N 82°27′59″E / 47.18833°N 82.46639°E |
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  Tarbagatai Location in Kazakhstan (on the border with China) | |
| Location | China–Kazakhstan border |
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Тарвагатай нуруу | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠲᠠᠷᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ ᠨᠢᠷᠤᠭᠤ | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 塔尔巴哈台山 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 塔爾巴哈台山 | ||||||
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| Kazakh | Тарбағатай жотасы Tarbaǵataı jotasy | ||||||
The Tarbagatai Mountains are a mountain range straddling the China–Kazakhstan border, located in northwestern Xinjiang, China, and the Abai Region of East Kazakhstan. The name of the mountain derived from the Mongolian word tarvaga, meaning "marmot", with the suffix -tai, literally "to have" or "with". Tarbagan marmots live in this mountain range.[1]
An eastern extension of the Tarbagatai is the Saur Mountains.
- ^ Ognev, S.I. (1963). Mammals of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia: Rodents. Mammals of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Israel Program for Scientific Translations. p. 250. Retrieved 22 December 2020.