Alakoli [Lake] - Alakoli

...The highest point is Mount Tastau (2,992m) on the Kazakhstan side. Because it is in an arid region, the water system is poorly developed, but the water of the river on the northern slope flows into Lake Zaysan (the lowest point becomes the Ob River and flows into the Arctic Ocean), and the water of the river on the southern slope flows into Lake Alakolli, an inland salt lake, but in the dry season they all become the Suenashi River. The lower part of the mountain is a semi-desert with almost no vegetation, and the mountainside is covered with steppes or a small amount of poorly developed forest. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lake Alakoli" is listed below.

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…最高点はカザフスタン側のタスタウ山(2992m)。乾燥地帯にあるために水系の発達は悪いが，北斜面の川の水はザイサン湖に注ぎ(最下流はオビ川となって北極海へ流入する)，南斜面の川の水は内陸湖で塩湖のアラコリ湖へ注ぐが，乾季にはすべて末無川となる。山腹下部は植生のほとんどない半砂漠，山腹はステップないし発達のよくない森林がわずかに見える。…

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