🏔️ Overview Kazakhstan is often associated with immense steppes, deserts, and open grasslands, but the country also contains some of Central Asia’s most spectacular mountain scenery. Snow-covered summits rise along its eastern and southern borders, where the Altai Mountains, Tian Shan, Zhetysu Alatau, Saur, and Tarbagatai form a rugged natural frontier. The mountains of Kazakhstan …