<u>Answer:</u>
The "Tian Shan" is a great resource for iron, coal and lead mining.
<u>Explanation:</u>
- The Tian Shan that is located in the central part of Asia is a huge system of various mountain ranges that are said to have formed in the Pliocene period, about '7 to 2.5 million' years ago.
- It is spread over an area that is 2500 kilometers long and about 500 kilometers wide.
- The Tian Shan hosts numerous deposits of coal, iron, and lead.
All of these major cities are by the ocean for trade and are typically in between other small towns and cities, this provides tourism and attraction from other countries.
They would have to cross the Himalayas, Karakorum, and Kunlun mountain ranges. <span />