Alay Valley

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Alay Valley is a high-altitude valley in southern Kyrgyzstan, known for its broad grasslands, dramatic mountain scenery, and role as a historic corridor between Central and South Asia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alay Valley canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
borderedBy Tajikistan ⓘ
climate continental high-mountain climate ⓘ
connectedTo Ferghana Valley ⓘ
Pamir region ⓘ
contains alpine meadows ⓘ
glacial and periglacial landforms ⓘ
steppe grasslands ⓘ
country Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
crossedBy Kyzyl-Art Pass ⓘ
linked to: Kyzylart Pass

Taldyk Pass ⓘ
drainageBasin Syr Darya basin ⓘ
linked to: Syr Darya
elevation approximately 3000–3500 metres above sea level ⓘ
geologicalSetting intermontane depression ⓘ
hasSettlement Daroot-Korgon ⓘ
Sary-Tash ⓘ
highestSurroundingPeaks over 7000 metres ⓘ
historicalRole corridor between Central Asia and South Asia ⓘ
inhabitedBy Kyrgyz people ⓘ
knownFor broad grasslands ⓘ
dramatic mountain scenery ⓘ
high-altitude pastures ⓘ
traditional nomadic livestock herding ⓘ
livestock horses ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
yaks ⓘ
locatedIn Osh Region ⓘ
southern Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
mainRiver Kyzyl-Suu River ⓘ
near China ⓘ
Lenin Peak ⓘ
partOf Central Asia ⓘ
roadConnection M41 Pamir Highway ⓘ
Osh–Sary-Tash–Irkeshtam road ⓘ
runsAlong east–west axis ⓘ
separates Alay Range from Trans-Alay Range ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Alay Range
surroundedBy Alay Range ⓘ
linked to: Trans-Alay Range

Trans-Alay Range ⓘ
tourismActivity horseback tourism ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
traditionalEconomy pastoralism ⓘ
traversedBy branches of the Silk Road ⓘ
historic trade routes ⓘ
usedFor summer grazing (jailoo) ⓘ
vegetationZone montane and alpine grassland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alay Mountains → hasValley → Alay Valley ⓘ
Osh Region → contains → Alay Valley ⓘ
Taldyk Pass → connects → Alay Valley ⓘ
Pamir-Alay mountain system → region → Alay Valley ⓘ
Alai Mountains → hasValley → Alay Valley ⓘ
Trans-Alay Range → separates → Alay Valley ⓘ
Trans-Alay Range → southOf → Alay Valley ⓘ