Our Homeland – Kazakstan.
Republik of Kazakstan is situated in the very centre of the Eurasian continent.
Area: 2.720.000 sg. km (i.e. the country is the 9th largest in the world). Common border with Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Kyrghyzstan and Turkmenistan.
Climate is sharply continental. Average winter temperature in January from - 1°C - 5°C (south) to -20°C (North). In summer the temperature varies from +18°C to +30°C.
Natural zones: forest-steppes and steppes, deserts and semi-deserts.
Landscape: the overwhelming portion of the territory is occupied with plains, plateaus, low hills, low lands with only 10 % of its territory accounting for the mountains of Tien Shan, Tarbagatay and Altay.
Main waterways are Yertys, Syrdaria, Oral, Ishim, Tobol, Ili, Shu, Caspian and Aral Seas, lakes Balkhash, Alakol, Tenghiz and Sasykkol.
Mineral resources: Kazakstani entrails harbour over a half of world chromium reserves with lead, zink, copper,......
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