title: Kakshaal Too
text: # Kakshaal Too
  
  The Kakshaal Too (Kyrgyz: Какшаал Тоо, Qaqşaal Too, قاقشاال توو) is a large mountain range in the Central Tien-Shan. It stretches for a length of 582 kilometres (362 mi) (in Kyrgyzstan) between Kyrgyzstan and China. The width of the range is 54 kilometres (34 mi) and the highest point - Jengish Chokusu (7,439 metres (24,406 ft)). The landscapes include high- altitude steppes (2800-3100 m), Alpine meadows (3100 - 3500 m), high-altitude tundra steppes (3400 - 3800 m), and glacial-nival belt (above 3800 m). The range is mainly composed of limestones, siltstones, sandstones, conglomerates, and argillites of Paleozoic intruded by granites, granosyenite, and syenite.
  
  