Chatkal Range
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Chatkal Range is a range in the Western Tien-Shan that borders Ferghana Valley from north-west. The length of the range is 225 km, and width up to 30 km. Maximum altitude is 4503 m. North slopes are steep and short, and south ones are gentle. The range is composed by majorly limestone
, granite
, shist.
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
, granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
, shist.