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Mountains of Tuva. The Tuva Republic is made up of a mountain basin, about 600 m high, encircled by the Sayan and Tannu-Ola mountain ranges. Mountains and hills cover over 80% of its territory. Mongun-Tayga ("Silver Mountain", 3,970 m) is the highest point in the republic and is named after its glacier.
The capital city of Tuva, Kyzyl, is some 4,658 kilometers east of Moscow. There are no major megapolises there and no business hubs or active tourism, either. Around 80 percent of the republic is...
Towering almost like a notorious Wall from the Game of Thrones series, the Tuva mountain ranges isolate any outside influences, due to which the winters are frosty and windless, with little snow in the depressions, and summers are moderately warm.
Tuva is also home to stunning landscapes, marked by a pronounced relief and steppe immensity. Only 10 minutes away from the center of Kyzyl, hikers can admire an ocean of hills and mountains...
Tuva is surrounded on all sides by mountain ranges – the Eastern and Western Sayan, Sangilen, Tangdy-Uula, Tsagan-Shibetu, and Shapshal ranges. 82% of the republic’s territory is occupied by mountains, the highest of which is Möngün-Taiga, which means in Tuvan “Silver Taiga.
Tuva's topography spans desert, grassy steppe, lakes, and snow-covered mountains, many of which are dotted with cultural monuments of the Tuvan and Scythian herdsman who have roamed across the region for millennia.
1 paź 2024 · Tyva, republic in south-central Siberia, Russia. Tyva borders northwestern Mongolia and occupies the basin of the upper Yenisey River. Its relief consists of two broad basins, the Tyva and Todzha, drained by two main tributaries of the Yenisey River. High mountain ranges, including the Eastern.
