| Barkol Tagh | |
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 Northeastern flank of the Barkol range | |
| Geography | |
  Barkol Tagh
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| State(s) | Xinjiang  China |
| Range coordinates | 43°24′44″N 93°18′58″E / 43.412194071790125°N 93.31597945910963°E / 43.412194071790125; 93.31597945910963 |
| Parent range | Tian Shan |
The Barkol Tagh, also known as Barkol Shan (Chinese: 巴里坤山), forms together with the Qarlik Tagh the easternmost end of the Tian Shan mountain range. It is located along an active thrust fault in the Kumul prefecture in Xinjiang province.
Barkol city and the hypersaline Lake Balikun (116 km) are located at the northern flank of the mountain range. There, mean annual temperature is 1.0°C and mean annual precipitation is 210 mm.
Another branch of the Tian Shan, the Meiqinwula Mountains, is located north of the Lake Balikun basin.
References
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- Zhao, Yongtao; An, Cheng-Bang; Mao, Limi; Zhao, Jiaju; Tang, Lingyu; Zhou, Aifeng; Li, Hu; Dong, Weimiao; Duan, Futao; Chen, Fahu (2015-10-15). "Vegetation and climate history in arid western China during MIS2: New insights from pollen and grain-size data of the Balikun Lake, eastern Tien Shan". Quaternary Science Reviews. 126: 112–125. Bibcode:2015QSRv..126..112Z. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.027.
- An, Cheng-Ban; Lu, Yanbin; Zhao, Jiaju; Tao, Shichen (2012). "A high-resolution record of Holocene environmental and climatic changes from Lake Balikun (Xinjiang, China): Implications for central Asia". The Holocene. 22 (1): 43–52. Bibcode:2012Holoc..22...43A. doi:10.1177/0959683611405244. S2CID 131477257.
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