Chu-Ili Range
The Chu-Ili Range () is a mountain range in Kazakhstan. Administratively it is part of the Almaty and Zhambyl regions. The M36 Highway skirts the range along its northeastern flank. Geography 
The Chu-Ili Range is ancient and heavily eroded. It is part of the Trans-Ili Alatau, a northern extension of the Tian Shan. It begins to the north of Otar, west of the Kurty, one of the main tributaries of the Ili river, and stretches in a roughly northwestern direction for less than . The Chu River flows to the west of the range and to the northeast stretches the Taukum desert of the Balkhash-Alakol Basin. The highest point of the range is Anyrakay (Аңырақай), a  high summit. Aytau is a subrange in the northern section. Its highest point is  high Sunkar, located in the Khantau Massif, right to the east of Khantau village. The Maizharylgan range stretches northwestwards from the northern end of the range and the Betpak-Dala desert to the WNW. To the south stretches the Kindyktas, a higher and more massive spur of the northwestern Trans-Ili Alatau. The Ashchysu is the main river having its sources in the range. Flora 
Generally, the mountains of the range have a barren look. The slopes are covered with rough desert-steppe vegetation of sagebrush and fescue. Grasses, tulips, irises and poppies bloom in spring when water flows in the ravines, including Tulipa regelii, a rare species of tulip endemic to the range. See also
Geography of Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan tourism — Chu-Ili mountains

Mountain ranges of Kazakhstan
Mountain ranges of the Tian Shan