Naryn Too

The Naryn Too (or Naryn Range, Нарын Тоосу) is a mountain range located in the internal Tien-Shan to the east of Alamyshyk Too between Naryn Valley and At-Bashy Valley. The length of the range is 120 km and the width is up to 18 km. The average height is around 4200 m with the highest point of 4499 m (Orto-Acha mountain). The ridge has sharply rugged glacier relief. Denudation surface is at the elevation of 3600 m - 3800 m on the north slope of the range's eastern part. In the central part both slopes are highly dissected. There are denudation surfaces on the both slopes in the western part of the range. Foothills are along the south slope. The central and eastern parts of the range are composed of various terrigenous rock, shists, quartzites, limestones, granodiorites, and the western part - by rocks of the middle and late Paleozoic. The northern slopes are covered by spruce forests at elevations of 2600 m - 3000 m, by sub-Alpian meadows and meadow steppes at 3000 m  - 3200 m, and by Alpine meadows at 3200 m  - 3500 m. High altitude feather-grass steppes (2600 m  - 3000 m), spruce forests (2800 m  - 3000 m),  sub-Alpian meadows and meadow steppes, Central Asia juniper (3000 m  - 3200 m), and glacial-nival belt (above 3600 m) are observed at the southern slopes.