Map D.08 - Altai

Incomplete map. Labels are a convenience until further design is applied.

Mountain and desert region reaching south from 53.13°N to 43.38°N, a land of mountains, basins and arid plateaus, spanning from the windswept steppes of the north to the rocky deserts beyond the southernmost ranges. It includes the highlands west of the great steppes, the rugged corridors near the Dzungarian Gate and the dry lands reaching toward the Bodda Shan mountains. The Tien Shan and its outlying ridges form the backbone of this land. To the west, the Dzungarian Basin spreads in a vast, dry expanse. The lands near the Dzungarian Gate serve as a natural pass, a route where caravans and nomads have traveled for centuries, while to the east, hidden valleys and remote uplands remain sparsely inhabited, visited only by traders, hunters and warbands moving between the highlands and the lowlands. It is a land of endurance, shaped by the rhythms of wind, drought and the slow march of migration.

Hexes are 20 miles in diameter. Total area depicted equals 366,450 sq.m.