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Alai Mountains

American  
[uh-lahy, uh-lahy] / əˈlaɪ, ʌˈlaɪ /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in SW Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan): part of the Tien Shan Mountains; highest peak, about 19,000 feet (5,790 meters).

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The Hissar range, a westward continuation of the Alai Mountains, separates the Zarafshan from the tributaries of the Oxus—the Surkhan, Kafirnihan and Vakhsh.

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