The Emin Valley ( Chinese : 额敏谷地 ; pinyin : Émǐn gǔdì ) is located on the China–Kazakhstan border , in Central Asia . It has an area of about 65,000 square kilometres (25,000 sq mi). Its main waterway is the Emil River .
4-802: Administratively, the Emin Valley occupies areas of Tacheng Prefecture in the Xinjiang Region of north-western China; and in East Kazakhstan Province of eastern Kazakhstan. The Emin Valley has a steppe ecosystem of mostly grasslands ; with two saline lakes , Alakol and Sasykkol ; and mountains with temperate climates. The Emin Valley Steppe is a Palearctic ecoregion in the Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Biome . It lies within
8-418: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tacheng Prefecture Tacheng Prefecture ( Chinese : 塔城地区 ; pinyin : Tǎchéng dìqū ) is located in northern Xinjiang , People's Republic of China. It has an area of 98,824 km (38,156 sq mi) and a population of 992,444 (2020). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture . The prefecture level city of Karamay forms
12-577: Is the Emin (Emil) River , which flows in the general western direction, receiving numerous streams flowing from the Tarbagatai Mountains and carrying their water to Lake Alakol. Lake Alakol and Lake Sasykkol , situated in the western (Kazakhstan) part of the valley, are the homes of the rare Dalmatian pelican and relict gull . This Xinjiang location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Kazakhstan location article
16-768: The vast and larger Eurasian Steppe . Orographically , the Emil Valley is an endorrheic basin . In the north, the Tarbagatai Mountains separate it from the Lake Zaysan basin, which is part of the basin of the Irtysh River, eventually draining into the Arctic Ocean . In the southeast, another series of mountain ranges separate it from the Dzungarian Basin ( Gurbantünggüt Desert ). The Emin Valley's main watercourse
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