Moiynkum Desert
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The Moiynkum Desert, is a desert in the Turkistan and Zhambyl regions of southern Kazakhstan.
View of the Chu river at the edge of the desert
Chu (river)
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The Chu is a river in northern Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan. Of its total length of 1,067 kilometres, the first 115 kilometres are in Kyrgyzstan, then for 221 kilometres the river serves as the
Moiynkum Desert
…Andasay State Nature Reserve is a 1,000,000 hectares (2,500,000 acres) protected area that was established in 1966. The Moiynkum Desert is limited by the Chu River to the north and east and the Karatau and Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain ranges to the south and southeast. Its elevation ranges from 300 meters (980 ft) in…
In the Chüy Valley below Tokmok
In the Boom Gorge
A medieval balbal near Burana Tower in the Chüy Valley
In the Chüy Valley near Milyanfan