Kalamely Mountain

Kalamely Mountain (Chinese: 卡拉麦里山, "Kalamely" means "black earth" in Kazakh[1]), also spelled Kalamaili Mountain,[2] is a low mountain range running east-west with an elevation of only 800-1473 meters in China,[3] located on the eastern edge of the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang.[4] It is an important gold-bearing belt in the Eastern Jungar region.[5]

Kalamely Mountain
卡拉麦里山
Geography
Locationon the eastern edge of the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang

In 1966, humanity saw the Przewalski's horses in the wild for the last time, and in 1985, China introduced 11 wild Przewalski's horses from abroad, launching the Przewalski's horse reintroduction project. After more than two decades of efforts, the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding Center bred a large number of Przewalski's horses, 55 of which were released to the Kalamely Mountain.[6]

Raptor breeding grounds have been severely damaged by large-scale mining and quarrying in the Kalamely Mountain since 2008.[7]

Mountain Kalamely Ungulate Nature Reserve

The Mountain Kalamely Ungulate Nature Reserve, named after Kalamely Mountain,[8] was established in 1982.[9]

References
  1. "Tour of Kalamely". Sina.com.cn. September 7, 2006.
  2. Shouxin Zhang (24 May 2010). Geological Formation Names of China (1866—2000). Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 486–. ISBN 978-3-540-93824-8.
  3. "Kalamely Desert The lost women and children". Sohu.com. September 20, 2007.
  4. "Snapshot of Mount Kalamely Ungulate Nature Reserve in Xinjiang". Xinhua News Agency. Jun 12, 2020.
  5. "Analysis of Metallogenic Conditions and Geological Features of the Metamorphic Clasolite Type Gold Deposits in the Kalamely Metallogenic Belt". Semantic Scholar. 2005-09-01.
  6. "Przewalski's Horse Project short of funds". China Internet Information Center. Dec 28, 2007.
  7. "The breeding ground of raptors in Karamaili faces destruction due to mining". Radio France Internationale. May 17, 2012.
  8. "China Environmental Press Awards" (PDF). Chinadialogue.net. Aug 5, 2016.
  9. Sun Danping."Paper protection in western China". Chinadialogue.net. February 18, 2011.
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