ALTAI MOUNTAINS, RUSSIA - 20 JULY, 2019: Local People Using Horses For Transportation On Belukha Mountain, Altai Republic, Russian Editorial Photo

The Altai Mountains, also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan come together, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters. The massif merges with the Sayan Mountains in the northeast, and gradually becomes lower in the southeast, where it merges into the high plateau of the Gobi Desert. Belukha Mountain means ` icemount peak `, located in the Katun Mountains, is the highest peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia and the highest of the system of the South Siberian Mountains. It is part of the World Heritage Site entitled Golden Mountains of Altai. Russia, Asia.