Archive for April 2014
There is hardly any person who has not heard about the Dead Sea – very salty lake in Israel.
But few people know that there is a similar lake in Almaty region, approximately 310 km from Almaty city. Its name “Tuzkol” is translated as “Salt Lake.” Photo by Nikolai Zinoviev
Tags: Almaty oblast · landscapes
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Sunken Forest – Kaindy Lake
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
Kaindy is a mountain lake located in one of the gorges of Kungei Alatau to the east of Almaty. It is a popular tourist destination.
In 1910, landslides blocked the gorge and soon it was filled with mountain river water. Coniferous forest that grew here was flooded and since then this place is called “sunken forest.”
Tags: Almaty oblast
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East Kazakhstan region – the land of dreams
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Regions
What a beautiful landscape! It is a real dreamland located in East Kazakhstan oblast. Photo by Constantine Kikvidze
Tags: East Kazakhstan oblast · landscapes
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Breathtaking view of the Ustyurt Plateau
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos
The Ustyurt Plateau is located between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea on the territory of Kazakhstan (Mangystau region) and Uzbekistan.
With an average elevation of 150 meters, it consists primarily of stony desert but there are some exceptions like this one. Photo by Ne Horoshiy
Tags: landscapes · Mangystau oblast
