Finding Kyrgyzstan between steppe, oasis, and China - History of Kyrgyzstan | Zoonk

Finding Kyrgyzstan between steppe, oasis, and China - History of Kyrgyzstan | Zoonk

Finding Kyrgyzstan between steppe, oasis, and China

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A simplified relief map with Kyrgyzstan highlighted in the center, surrounded by four labeled landscape zones: “Kazakh steppe” north, “Fergana oasis” west, “Tajik highlands” south, and “western China” east; use distinct textures for grassland, irrigated fields, mountains, and desert-borderland, with no extra countries or cities.

Four landscapes around Kyrgyzstan

To place Kyrgyzstan, do not start with a blank map. Start with four neighbors made by landscape: steppe to the north, oasis farming to the west, high mountains to the south, and China’s western borderlands to the east.