Seeing the Tian Shan as routes, not just barriers - History of Kyrgyzstan | Zoonk

Seeing the Tian Shan as routes, not just barriers - History of Kyrgyzstan | Zoonk

Seeing the Tian Shan as routes, not just barriers

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A simple 3D relief map labeled “Tian Shan” showing several separate mountain ranges with valleys, basins, rivers, and passes between them, clearly not one continuous smooth wall; tight crop with minimal labels.

Not one wall

The Tian Shan are not one smooth wall across Kyrgyzstan. They are a wide mountain system made of many ranges, valleys, basins, rivers, and passes.