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Highest peak - 24590 ft.

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In this region, water is the most precious resource. Although rainfall is low, snowmelt from the eastern ranges flows into rivers. Large dams along these rivers generate hydroelectricity. The area around the Caspian sea is a particularluy important source of oil.

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Central Asia is known for it's many walnut trees. Some animals

that live in the mountains include deer,pheasants,and wild boar.

One of the world's most beautiful and endangered big cats, the snow

leopard, also finds shelter in the high southeastern ranges. Like many

arid places, southern Central Asia has glorious vegetation in the spring.

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Just two major rivers flow all the way across Central Asia.

The Irtysh River of eastern Kazakhstan flows northward into Russia.

The Irtysh also provides water for crops, reservoirs, hydropower

stations, and industrial cities.

Central Asia has interesting lakes. Issyk-Kul never freezes over even

though it lies about a mile above sea level.

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Central Asia has mostly semiarid and arid climates.
the region has two large deserts- the Kara-Kum(Black Sand)
and Kyzyl Kum (Red Sand). Southern Turkmenistan has a small
area with a Mediterranean climate. The city of Ashgabat was a
center of Soviet film making.

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Central Asia is a land of great contrasts in elevation - ranging

from below sea level to lofty mountain peaks.

Tectonic forces, which push the Indian subcontinent into the

rest of Asia, created these mountains.

Tectonic activity sometimes causes disastrous earthquakes.

Glaciers are common in Central Asia's mountains.

Plateaus and plains stretch north and west from the mountains.

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The five countries of Central Asia are all landlocked.

Semiarid grasslands are found in the north.

To the east, plateaus rise above barren deserts.

Most of the region's people are clustered in the southwest,

where rivers bring precious water from high high mountains

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Climates, Biomes ,and Natural Resources 

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Climates, Biomes ,and Natural Resources 

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Most places in Central Asia have harsh climates. A location in the

heart of Asia means the region is far removed from oceanic influences.

Also, high mountains form a barrier to warm moist winds from the

Indian Ocean and create a rain shadow.