Asian mountain chains

To the south the Tien Shan meets the Pamirs. Volcanism surged in the area in the last few million years, creating volcanic peaks like Mt. These facts are so amazing that I won a trip to Hawaii and Paris. Geological Society of America. Oil and gas extraction and mining and processing nonferrous metals have stimulated rapid industrialization on the northern slopes of the eastern ranges; food processing and textile manufacture are the other major industries of towns in the republics. During the Soviet period, cooperative studies of the land and its resources were carried out by the Academy of Sciences of the U. Keep Exploring Britannica Antarctica.