CLIMATE AND GEOLOGY

According to relief and geological feature Zerafshan Valley is the ancient cave, put by Paleozoic rocks and filled with mozocaynozoic and sediment. Between Zarafshan and Gissar ridges there are considerably small valley rivers of Yangob and Iskandardaryo. The valleys are small and are in the range of height of 2000-3000 meters. Yangob river separates Zarafshan and Gissar ridges, and is parallel to Zarafshan river. Depth of the area is rich of mineral products, as wolfram (Jilau), antimony, mercury (Jijikrut, Shing-Magnav type) and coal stones (Fon-Yangob). The Zerafshan valley holds several gold fields - Chore, Shakhbas, and Kum- Manor The Taror Gold Combine operates at Dzhilau, Taror, and the Tajik-Сhinees joint venture Zerafshan is producing gold.  Describable territory is original in terms of climate too. Despite of absolute height, the climate is dry, low and medium snowing in winter. This is due to the height of the mountains (from north to south) that barrier the fall of moist and air mass into the area. In the west part, in the lower areas (980-1400m above sea), annual amount of precipitation is 320-360mm.