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A Lei Tai City
Prehistoric 12,000-year-old rock paintings at Dundebulake confirm Altay as the Origin of Human Skiing, for powder snow at Mount Jiangjun.
Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · Prefecture-level
Altay Prefecture
Altay Prefecture turns basin fields and historic post roads into everyday life and local memory.
Regional story
A place shaped through time
A useful starting point for Altay Prefecture is the documented fact “Altay Prefecture turns basin fields and historic post roads into everyday life and local memory.” The natural conditions and social experience of Altay Prefecture therefore belong to one connected geographic story. Communities responded to surrounding conditions through residence, exchange, and daily practice, giving the spatial pattern a traceable history. The chain from environmental conditions to social practice gives the regional change of Altay Prefecture a clear real-world expression. Taken together, these clues clarify the position, change, and distinctive contribution of Altay Prefecture within the larger region.
Altay Prefecture
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Bu Er Jin County
Turquoise glacial waters at Kanas Lake Moon Bay mirror birch forests in Burqin, near Tuva log cabins in Hemu and colorful rock yardangs at Wucaitan.
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Fu Yun County
World Geopark No. 3 Geological Pit rare metal excavations highlight Fuyun, bordered by the granite bell-dome peak of Mount Shenzhong in Koktokay Canyon.
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Fu Hai County
Expansive freshwater shores at Lake Ulungur sweep across Fuhai, famous for ancient winter ice net fishing galas landing thousands of jumping fish.
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Ha Ba He County
Towering silver birch groves line the banks of the Haba River in Habahe, near the timber Tuva homesteads of the border village of Baihaba.
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Qing He County
Prehistoric bronze-age deer stone megaliths at Sandaohaizi amaze in Qinghe, home to rare river beaver wildlife reserves along the Qinggel River.
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Ji Mu Nai County
Sculpted wind-hollowed granite boulders at Shenshicheng resemble giant castles in Jiminay, near the historic hundred-year-old border post at Mount Sawur.
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Irtysh Valley
The Irtysh is a rare river that flows north toward the Arctic Ocean, cutting a green corridor through the Altai interior.
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