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Mountains in asia and their location Continue Wikipedia's List of Asian Terrain articles This page lists the highest natural altitude of each sovereign country on the geographically defined Asian continent. Countries sometimes associated with Asia politically and culturally, but not as a geographical part of Asia, are not included in this list of physical characteristics (with the exception of Cyprus - marked with an N/A rating). Not all of the points on this list are mountains or hills, some are simply in distinguishable altitudes as geographical characteristics. Notes are provided in case of territorial disputes or conflicts affecting the list. Some countries such as Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia (Elbrus) have part of their territory and their high points outside Asia; Their non-Asian high scores are listed with an N/A rated entry below their continental peak. Three other entoes from the most recognized countries with the highest scores in Asia are listed and ranked in Inalic. For more details, see List of states with limited recognition. Rank Country Highest point Elevation 6 Afghanistan Noshaq 7,492 m (24,580 ft) N/A Armenia Aragats 4,090 m (13,419 ft) N/A Azerbaijan Mount Bazardüzü 4,466 m (14,652 ft) 43 Bahrain Mountain of Smoke 122 m (400 ft) 39 Bangladesh Saka Haphong 1,052 m (3,451 ft) 4 Bhutan Gangkhar Puensum 7,570 m (24,836 ft) 36 Brunei Pagon Hill 1,850 m (6,070 ft) 37 Cambodia Phnom Aural 1,810 m (5,938 ft) 1 China Mount Everest[1] 8,848 m (29,029 ft) N/A Cyprus Mount Olympus 1,951 m (6,401 ft) 25 East Timor Tatamailau 2,963 m (9,721 ft) 30 Egypt Mount Catherine 2,629 m (8,625 ft) N/A Georgia Shkhara 5,201 m (17,064 ft) 3 India Kangchenjunga 8,586 m (28,169 ft) 12 Indonesia Puncak Jaya 4,884 m (16,024 ft) 10 Iran Mount Damavand 5,610 m (18,406 ft) 20 Iraq Cheekha Dar 3,611 m (11,847 ft) 38 Israel Mount Meron 1,208 m (3,963 ft) 18 Japan Mount Fuji 3,776 m (12,388 ft) 35 Jordan Jabal um ad Dami 1,854 m (6,083 ft) 8 Kazakhstan Khan Tengri 7,010 m (22,999 ft) 29 North Korea Paektu Mountain 2,744 m (9,003 ft) 33 South Korea Hallasan 1,950 m (6,398 ft) 41 Kuwait Mutla Ridge 306 m (1,004 ft) 7 Kyrgyzstan Jengish Chokusu 7,439 m (24,406 ft) 27 Laos Phou Bia 2,817 m (9,242 ft) 22 Lebanon Qurnat as Sawda' 3,088 m (10,131 ft) 16 Malaysia Gunung Kinabalu 4,095 m (13,435 ft) 45 Maldives Mount Villingili 5 m (16 ft) 15 Mongolia Khüiten Peak 4,374 m (14,350 ft) 9 Myanmar Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m (19,295 ft) 1 Nepal Mount Everest[1] 8,848 m (29,029 ft) 23 Oman Jebel Shams 3,009 m (9,872 ft) 2 Pakistan K2 8,611 m (28,251 ft) 40 Palestine Mount Nabi Yunis 1,030 m (3,379 ft) 26 Philippines Mount Apo 2,954 m (9,692 ft) 44 Qatar Qurayn Abu al Bawl[2] 103 m (338 ft) 13 Russia Klyuchevskaya Sopka[3] 4,750 m (15,584 ft) N/A Mount Elbrus of Russia[3] (18,510 ft) 24 Saudi Arabia Jabal Sawda 3,000 m (9,843 ft) 42 Singapore Bukit Timah Hill 164 m (538 ft) 32 Sri Lanka Pidurutalagala 2,524 m (8,281 ft) 28 Syria Jabal el-Sheikh 17 Taiwan Yu Shan 3,952 m (12,966 ft) 5 Tajikistan Ismoil Somoni Peak 7,495 m (24,590 ft) 31 Thailand Doi Inthanon 2,565 m (8,415 ft) ) 11 Mount Turkey Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) 5,137 m (16,854 ft) 22 Turkmenistan Aýrybaba 3,139 m (10,299 ft) 34 United Arab Emirates Jebel Jais 1,910 m (6,266 ft) 14 Uzbekistan Khazret Sultan 4,643 m (15,233 ft) 21tu Vietnam Fansipan 3,143 m (10,312 ft) 19 Yemen Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb 3,666 m (12,028 ft) Notes ^ a b Mount Everest is china's highest point , of Asia and the earth. ^ qatartourism.gov.qa Archived 2012-06-21 at the Wayback Machine A Key Geographical Location, last viewed October 10. März 2012 ^ a b Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Siberia is the highest peak in the Asian part of Russia, while the country's highest peak is Mount Elbrus, located in the European part of Russia. See also List of Extremes by Country Geography Asia List of Mountains by Region #Châu Asia - List of Asian Mountain Points Extremes List of Highest Points of African Countries List of Highest Points of European Countries List of Highest Points of Oceania Countries Reference CIA World Factbook Taken from This is a list of mountain ranges in Asia. Country name 'Approximately length (km) Highest Mountain 'Maximum height (m) Al Hajar Mountains Oman, United Arab Emirates 500 Jebel Shams 3009 [1] Alagalla Mountains (Potato Mountains) Sri Lanka 1,140 Alay Mountains (Alai Mountains) Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan 350 Pik Tandykul 5544 Alborz Iran 900[2] Damavand 5625[3] Russian Altai Mountains, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan 2000 Belukha 4506 Annamite Range Laos, Vietnam 1,100 Phou Bia 2819 Anti-Lebanon Lebanon, Syria 150 Mount Hermon 2814 Mount Apo Mindanao, Philippines Mount Apo 2,954 Aravalli Range India 692 Guru Shikhar 1,722 Asir Mountains Saudi Arabia, Yemen Jabal Sawda 3,000 Approx. Barisan Mountains Indonesia 1700 Mount Kerinci 3800 Caraballo Mountains Philippines 1,588 Cardamom Mountains (Krâvanh Mountains) Cambodia , Thailand 300 Phnom Aural 1813 Russian Caucasus Mountains, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey 1,100 Mount Elbrus 5,642 central mountain range (Taipei Mountains Taiwan) Taiwan Mount Xiuguluan 3860 Chersky Range Russia 1500 Pobeda Peak 3003 Russian Chukotka Mountains 1,300 Iskhodnaya 1843 Cordillera Central Philippines Mount Pulag 2922 Crocker Mountains Malaysia Mount Kin 4095 Dulang-dulang Philippines Mount Dulang-dulang 2,941 Russian Dzhugdzhur Mountains 700 Mount Topko 1906 East Ghats India Arma Konda [4] 1,680 Haraz Mountains Yemen Saudi Hijaz Mountains Jabal Werqaan 2393 Himalaya Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan 2400 Mount Everest 8848 Hindu Kush Afghanistan, Pakistan 800 Tirich Mir 7708 Japanese Alps * Hida Mountains * Kiso Mountains * Akaishi Mountains Japan 10565120 Mount HotakaMount KisokomaMount Kita 3,1902,9563,193 KaBir Kuh Iran, Iraq 175 Kan Seifi 3050 Karakoram Pakistan, China, India 500 K2 8611 Khibiny Mountains (Khibinsky Mountains) Russia Yudychvumchorr 1,201 China's Great Khingan Mountains 1,200 Kirthar Mountain Pakistan 310 2151 Knuckles Mountains (Dumbara) Sri Lanka 1,863[5] Kolyma Mountains. Gydan Mountains) Russia 1,300 Gora Nevskaya 1,828 Russian Koryak Mountains 880 Mount Ledianaia 2,562[6] China Kunlun Mountains (Tibet) 3,000 Liushi Shan 7,167 Russian Kuray Mountains 3,446[7] Lower Himalayas (Less Himalayas, Less Himalayas Mahabharat) Nepal, Bhutan 2,400[8] Mount Carmel Israel 39 525 Pamir Mountains Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, China Kongur Tagh 7649 Salt Range Pakistan 175[9] Sakesar 1522 Mount Sayan Russia , Mongolia 1,500 Mönkh Saridag 3492 Sierra Madre Philippines 680 Mount Guiwan 1915 Sikhote-Alin Russia 900 Tordoki Yani 2090 Siwalik Range (Churia Hills, Sub-himalaya, Outer Himalaya) India, Nepal, Bhutan 2,400[10] Spīn Ghar (Safed Koh) Afghanistan, Pakistan 160[11] Mount Sikaram 4761 Stanovoi Russian Range 900 2460[12] Su Mountains Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran 483[13] Loe Nekan 3,578 Turkish Taurus Mountains 1,500[14] Mount Ararat 5137[15] Tian Shan (Celestial Mountains) Central National, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan 2900 Jengish Chokosu 7439 Titiwangsa Mountains Malaysia 480 Gunung Korbu 2183 Toba Kakar Range Afghanistan, Pakistan 360[16] Takht-i-Sulaiman[17] 3,449[18] Russian Ural Mountains 2,500 Mount Narodnaya 1.8 95 Russian Verkhoyansk Mountains 1,100 Mus-Khaya 2959 Western Ghats India 1600 Anamudi 2695 Iranian Zagros Mountains, Iraq 1800[14] Qash-Mastan (Dena) 4409 Zambales Mountains Philippines 180 Mount Tapulao 2037 Zamboanga Cordilleras Philippines Mount Timolan 1137 Reference ^ Mountains in Oman. omantourism.gov.om, Sultanland of Oman. Retrieved November 10, 2017. ^ Alborz Mountains. IT'S TIME FOR IRAN. Retrieved November 11, 2017. Hatam Chavari, Y; Djamour, Y; Abolghasem, Amir; Bayer, R; Vaníček, P. (2009). Measurements of gravity and height along the profile of Mount Damavand in Iran. ResearchGate. Kenneth Pletcher (2010). Geography of India: Sacred and historical sites. Rosen Publishing Group. page 28. ISBN 978-16-1530-142-3. ^ Knuckles Range in Sri Lanka. lanka.com. Retrieved November 11, 2017. ^ Koriak Mountains. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979), on TheFreeDictionary.com. Jürgen Herget (2005). Reconstruction of Lake Pleistocene Ice-dammed Outburst Floods in the Altai Mountains, Siberia. American Geological Association. page 13. ISBN 978-0-8137-2386-0. ^ Himalayas - Himalayas: or Little Himalayan. PMF IAS. January 17, 2016. ^ Salt range. WWF Pakistan. Retrieved November 12, 2017. ^ Himalayas - Himalayas: Shiwalik Mountains. PMF IAS. January 17, 2016. Brian Glyn Williams (2011). 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    Potential Impact of Climate Change

    Adhikari et al. Journal of Ecology and Environment (2018) 42:36 Journal of Ecology https://doi.org/10.1186/s41610-018-0095-y and Environment RESEARCH Open Access Potential impact of climate change on the species richness of subalpine plant species in the mountain national parks of South Korea Pradeep Adhikari, Man-Seok Shin, Ja-Young Jeon, Hyun Woo Kim, Seungbum Hong and Changwan Seo* Abstract Background: Subalpine ecosystems at high altitudes and latitudes are particularly sensitive to climate change. In South Korea, the prediction of the species richness of subalpine plant species under future climate change is not well studied. Thus, this study aims to assess the potential impact of climate change on species richness of subalpine plant species (14 species) in the 17 mountain national parks (MNPs) of South Korea under climate change scenarios’ representative concentration pathways (RCP) 4.5 and RCP 8.5 using maximum entropy (MaxEnt) and Migclim for the years 2050 and 2070. Results: Altogether, 723 species occurrence points of 14 species and six selected variables were used in modeling. The models developed for all species showed excellent performance (AUC > 0.89 and TSS > 0.70). The results predicted a significant loss of species richness in all MNPs. Under RCP 4.5, the range of reduction was predicted to be 15.38–94.02% by 2050 and 21.42–96.64% by 2070. Similarly, under RCP 8.5, it will decline 15.38–97.9% by 2050 and 23.07–100% by 2070. The reduction was relatively high in the MNPs located in the central regions (Songnisan and Gyeryongsan), eastern region (Juwangsan), and southern regions (Mudeungsan, Wolchulsan, Hallasan, and Jirisan) compared to the northern and northeastern regions (Odaesan, Seoraksan, Chiaksan, and Taebaeksan).
  • What Substrate Cultures Can Reveal: Myxomycetes and Myxomycete-Like Organisms from the Sultanate of Oman

    What Substrate Cultures Can Reveal: Myxomycetes and Myxomycete-Like Organisms from the Sultanate of Oman

    Mycosphere 6 (3): 356–384(2015) ISSN 2077 7019 www.mycosphere.org Article Mycosphere Copyright © 2015 Online Edition Doi 10.5943/mycosphere/6/3/11 What substrate cultures can reveal: Myxomycetes and myxomycete-like organisms from the Sultanate of Oman Schnittler M1, Novozhilov YK2, Shadwick JDL3, Spiegel FW3, García-Carvajal E4, König P1 1Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Soldmannstr. 15, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany 2V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov St. 2, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia 3University of Arkansas, Department of Biological Sciences, SCEN 601, 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA 4Royal Botanic Garden (CSIC), Plaza de Murillo, 2, Madrid, E-28014, Spain Schnittler M, Novozhilov YK, Shadwick JDL, Spiegel FW, García-Carvajal E, König P 2015 – What substrate cultures can reveal: Myxomycetes and myxomycete-like organisms from the Sultanate of Oman. Mycosphere 6(3), 356–384, doi 10.5943/mycosphere/6/3/11 Abstract A total of 299 substrate samples collected throughout the Sultanate of Oman were analyzed for myxomycetes and myxomycete-like organisms (MMLO) with a combined approach, preparing one moist chamber culture and one agar culture for each sample. We recovered 8 forms of Myxobacteria, 2 sorocarpic amoebae (Acrasids), 19 known and 6 unknown taxa of protostelioid amoebae (Protostelids), and 50 species of Myxomycetes. Moist chambers and agar cultures completed each other. No method alone can detect the whole diversity of myxomycetes as the most species-rich group of MMLO. A significant overlap between the two methods was observed only for Myxobacteria and some myxomycetes with small sporocarps.