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Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai pp 3–17Cite as

Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions: Central Asia and Altai

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The Altai is a large mountain range in Middle Asia, forming part of Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. It forms the upper catchments of rivers Irtysh and Ob. The northwest end of the lies is at 52° N and 84° and 90° E, extending southeast to about 45° N and 99° E. The name “Altai” can be translated as “Gold Mountain” in Mongolian.

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  1. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Ketevan Batsatsashvili

  2. Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia

    Rainer W. Bussmann

  3. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

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  1. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Dr. Ketevan Batsatsashvili

  2. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Dr. Zaal Kikvidze

  3. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Dr. Rainer W. Bussmann

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Bussmann, R.W., Batsatsashvili, K., Kikvidze, Z. (2020). Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions: Central Asia and Altai. In: Batsatsashvili, K., Kikvidze, Z., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28947-8_1

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