阿尔泰山脉

ā ěr tài shān mài

Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia

ā

abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc

ěr

thus

tài

safe

shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])

mài

variant of 脈|脉[mai4]