Balkan Mountains (Turkmenistan)

{{Short description|Mountain range in Turkmenistan}}

{{distinguish|Balkan Mountains}}

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|highest=Mount Arlan

|elevation_m=1880

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|length_km=70

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Balkhan Ranges or Balkan Ranges, also Balkhans, Balkans ({{langx|tk|Balkan daglary}}, Balkan Mountains) are mountains by the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea in the Balkan Region of Turkmenistan. They consist of the Greater Balkan, or Uly Balkan and the Lesser Balkan {{ill|Kiçi Balkan|ru|Малый Балхан}}. They are separated by Uzboy, a dried-out distributary of the Amu Darya.{{Cite Efron|Балханы}}