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The '''Dzungarian Alatau''' ({{lang-ru|Джунгарский Алатау}} ''Dzhungarskiy Alatau''; {{zh|c=阿拉套山|p=Ālātào Shān}}; {{lang-kk|Жетісу Алатауы}} ''Jetisw Alatawı'') is a [[mountain range]] that lies on the boundary of the [[Dzungaria]] region of [[China]] and the [[Zhetysu]] region of [[Kazakhstan]]. It has a length of {{convert|450|km|abbr=on}} and a maximum [[elevation]] of {{convert|4464|m|abbr=on}}.

At the eastern end of the chain, near the [[China–Kazakhstan border]], lies the [[Dzungarian Gate]], a pass which for centuries was used as an invasion route by conquerors from [[Central Asia]].<ref>[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00438240903371270 ''Michael D. Frachetti'', ''Norbert Benecke'', ''Alexei N. Mar'yashev'', ''Paula N. Doumani'' Eurasian pastoralists and their shifting regional interactions at the steppe margin: settlement history at Mukri, Kazakhstan // World Archaeology. Volume 42, 2010 -  Issue 4.  Debates in World Archaeology ]</ref>

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