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  • ...has common borders with Russia - 7 591 km (the longest continuous overland border in the world), in the East with China - 1 783 km, in the South with Kyrgyzs ...26 % of Kazakhstan’s territory, forests - 5,5 %. There are 8,5 thousand rivers In Kazakhstan. The Northeastern part of the Caspian sea’s water area is s
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  • ...ver|Irtysh]], [[Ishim River|Ishim]], [[Ural River|Ural]] and [[Syr Darya]] rivers. ...t includes the Service of Internal Security, Military Counterintelligence, Border Guard, several Commando units, and Foreign Intelligence (Barlau). The latte
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  • ...Service]],<ref>"The United States of America Custom Service (US Customs & Border Protection, 2004) defines caviar thus: Caviar is the eggs or roe of sturgeo ...m the [[Shortnose sturgeon]] and the [[Atlantic sturgeon]] spawning in the rivers of the Eastern coast of the United States. Today the Shortnose sturgeon is
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  • ...n of 2,300–3,000 feet (700–900 m), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers run into the plain.<ref name="britannica">[http://www.britannica.com/place/ ...aty. During the eighteenth century, the city and region was roughly on the border between the [[Khanate of Kokand]] and [[Qing Empire]]. It was then encroach
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  • ...hstan's economy is construction of [[hydroelectric power plants]] on small rivers operating without retaining dams. ...r(Dzhumgarian)Gates, 600&nbsp;km northeast of Almaty close to the Xinjiang border and the Chylyk Corridor 100&nbsp;km east of Almaty. Wind potentials of 525W
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  • ...following of nomads to the region of [[Zhetysu|Zhetysu/Semirechye]] on the border of Moghulistan and set up new pastures there with the blessing of the [[Mog ...e east of western Afghan province of [[Herat Province|Herat]], between the rivers [[Farah Rud River|Farāh Rud]] and [[Hari Rud]]. [[Afghan Kypchaks]] togeth
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  • ...' people in the ''[[Shan Hai Jing]]'', who lived beyond their northwestern border.<ref>"The strange creatures of the Shanhai jing: (...) we find recorded nor ...tan]] and part of [[Kazakhstan]], including [[Jettisu]], the area of seven rivers.
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  • ...nch of the historic [[Silk Road]], Hotan has always depended on two strong rivers - the [[Karakash River]] and the [[White Jade River]] to provide the water ...sses through the [[Kunlun Mountains]] to [[Leh]], [[Ladakh]]. The previous border of the [[British Raj|British Indian Empire]] is shown in the two-toned purp
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  • ...of [[Kazakhstan]], including ''[[Semirechye|Jettisu]]'', the area of seven rivers. | style="border:none;"| <ol start="1">
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  • ...labour mobility, and will therefore require greater efforts to ease cross-border trade, such as improving transport infrastructure.}}</ref><ref name="eurasi ...to continue with economic integration and were set to remove all [[customs border]]s between each other after July 2011.
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  • ...na]] - [[break of gauge]] {{Track gauge|1520mm}}/{{Track gauge|sg|lk=on}}; border station at [[Dostyk|Druzhba]], KZ - [[Alashankou]], CN, connection between * [[BOOT]] line from [[Zhetigen]] to [[Khorgos]] on the China border.<ref>[http://www.im-mining.com/2008/05/20/enrc-to-develop-and-operate-the-z
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  • | location = [[China–Kazakhstan border]] | map_caption = The Dzungarian Gate in Kazakhstan on the border of China.
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  • ...other is the [[Ili River]].<ref name=NASA/> The Karatal is one of the main rivers of the historic region of [[Zhetysu]]. The river flows west-south-west from the border with China before turning north-westward south of [[Taldykorgan]] and then
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  • ...al. Reaching Turgay area, Ubagan flows directly to the North, serving as a border between the Turgai and Akmolinsk regions about 200 miles, and in this way p {{Rivers of Kazakhstan}}
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  • ...China-Kazakhstan border and continues east into China, where it forms the border between the [[Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County]] and [[Jeminay County]] of ...tly it is streams like this that Chinese geographers describe as "seasonal rivers sourcing from the northern mountains" whose water occasionally reaches the
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  • ...min County]] mostly following its course. The Emil crosses the Sino-Kazakh border at {{coord|46|29|35|N|82|43|30|E|display=inline|region:CN-62_type:landmark} ...ысох...] (Kazakhstan and China have decided to jointly use transborder rivers. While the Irtysh has not dried out...). 2003-02-25 {{ru icon}}</ref>
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  • ...}}) is a freshwater [[lake]] in the eastern part of [[Kazakhstan]], on the border of [[Almaty Province]] ([[Alakol District]]) and [[East Kazakhstan Province No rivers reach the Zhalanashkol. (The [[Terekty River]] flows toward Zhalanashkol fr
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  • ...:su|su]]' literally means "clean/white water". The Aksu is one of the main rivers of the historic region of [[Zhetysu]]. The river flows north from the border with China before turning north-westward passing by [[Matay, Kazakhstan|Mat
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  • ...ate=2012-12-23 |accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref> The Lepsy is one of the main rivers of the historic region of [[Zhetysu]]. The river flows north from the border with China before turning north-westward north of [[Sarkand]] and then west
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  • ...stance of {{convert|3|to|4|km|mi}} and crosses the Kyrgyzstan–Kazakhstan border. In Kazakhstan, in passes near villages [[Karasay batyr]] and [[Enbek]] gra {{Rivers of Kyrgyzstan}}
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  • ...ern end of the Orenburg Line of forts and is now approximately part of the border between Russia and Kazakhstan. The Uy is the southernmost river on the east [[Category:Rivers of Chelyabinsk Oblast]]
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  • ...Earth. The peak [[Khan Tengri]] in the [[Tian Shan]] Mountains (and on the border with [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[China]]) is Kazakhstan highest elevation at 6995m ...vered year-round, and their run-off is the source for most of Kazakhstan's rivers and streams.
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  • ...nearby Almaty, the local government decided to further fortify the eastern border with the [[Russian Empire]]. Three [[stanitsa]]s were founded close to Vern Talgar is located at the southern border of [[Almaty Region]]. Talgar's official geographic coordinates are {{coord|
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  • ...with a garrison of 300 was built at the confluence of the Kargala and Ilek Rivers, along the Orenburg - Kazalinsk [[Caravan (travellers)|caravan]] route. Fro ...ktobe is mostly flat steppe, with low hills rising to the northeast. Other rivers, such as the Emba and the [[Ural River]], flow through the region. The regi
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  • ...e [[Chuí Stream]]. For the Nam Sam River or Chu River, on the Lao-Vietnam border, see [[Nam Sam River]].'' ...15 kilometres are in Kyrgyzystan, then for 221 kilometres the river is the border between Kyrgyzystan and Kazakhstan, and the last 731 kilometres are in Kaza
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  • ...lakol|Alakol]], and [[Lake Zhalanashkol|Zhalanashkol]]. There are no major rivers in the district; the fairly small [[Tentek River]], which flows toward Lake
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  • ...ed tribute from [[Yugra]] and Great Perm, slowly expanding southwards. The rivers [[Chusovaya River|Chusovaya]] and [[Belaya River (Kama)|Belaya]] were first ...ain on the north. Geographically this range marks the northern part of the border between the continents of Europe and Asia. Its highest peak is Mount Narodn
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  • ...olga River|Volga]] and the [[Danube]], and the [[List of the longest Asian rivers|18th-longest river]] in [[Asia]]. The Ural River is conventionally consider ...e of the delta (see image). This type of delta forms naturally in the slow rivers which deliver a great deal of sediments and flow into a quiet sea.<ref name
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  • ...Nazi Party|Nazis]] rejected the notion that these mountains demarcated the border of Europe, at least in a [[Culture|cultural]] if not in a geographic sense. ==Planning for a border==
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  • ==Rivers and lakes== ...es are used as a water supply, transport routes and for waterlogging. Some rivers have dams forming the [[Kama Reservoir|Kama]] and [[Votkinsk Reservoir]]s.<
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  • | photo_caption=The Tian Shan range on the border between China and Kyrgyzstan with [[Khan Tengri]] (7,010&nbsp;m) visible at ...the [[Taklamakan Desert]] and directly north of the [[Tarim Basin]] in the border region of [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], and [[Xinjiang]] in [[northwest C
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  • ...China]], [[Mongolia]], and [[Kazakhstan]] come together, and are where the rivers [[Irtysh]] and [[Ob River|Ob]] have their headwaters. The northwest end of ...l|Khovd]] basin on the north from the Irtysh basin on the south, is a true border-range, in that it rises in a steep and lofty [[escarpment]] from the [[Dzun
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  • ...hiq valley and the reservoir are bounded by Ugam Range from the north. The rivers on the northern slopes of the range flow to the [[Ugam River]], a right tri
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  • ...ecologically rich habitats traditionally included meadows, marshlands, and rivers. However most of the land is now used for agriculture.<ref name=nationalgeo ...re not robbing caravans. Its inhabitants live mostly in oases formed where rivers run out of the mountains into the desert. These are inhabited by peasants w
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  • ...] in [[Dzungaria]] (the northern part of [[Xinjiang]], China) close to the border with [[Mongolia]]. ...ke Zaysan]] in [[Kazakhstan]], meeting the [[Ishim River|Ishim]] and Tobol rivers before merging with the [[Ob River|Ob]] near [[Khanty-Mansiysk]] in western
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  • ...presents 36% of the fauna diversity of Kazakhstan. 40% of them live at the border of their [[habitat]], and 13 species are registered in the Red Book. ...e prayed God, who gathered all the remaining mountains, forests, lakes and rivers, and threw them towards the steppes. And in this way Burabay was born, and
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  • ...nto the Caspian Sea through this region. The deltas of the Ural and Volga Rivers are extensive wetlands. The North Caspian depression is part of the [[Cont * Evaporites of North Border of North Caspian Depression - ''Internet Geology News Letter No. 178'', Jan
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  • ...land began to grow in size; the Aral Sea began drying up due to its feeder rivers being dammed by the Soviet Union for agricultural projects.<ref>{{cite news [[Category:Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan border]]
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  • | source1_location = [[Tekes River|Tekes]] and [[Kunges River|Kunges]] rivers ...from the [[Tekes River|Tekes]] and [[Kunges River|Kunges]] (or [[Künes]]) rivers. The Ili River drains the basin between the Tian Shan and the [[Borohoro Mo
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  • ...iang]]'s [[Yumin County]]; by the time it crosses the [[China–Kazakhstan border]] and enters a flat desert east of [[Lake Zhalanashkol]], its bed is usual The Terekty is mainly known as the site of a Sino-Soviet [[Tielieketi|border conflict]] that occurred in August 1969.
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  • Over 130 rivers provide inflow to the Caspian, with the [[Volga River]] being the largest. The sea's [[Drainage basin|basin]] (including associated waters such as rivers) has 160 native species and [[subspecies]] of fish in more than 60 [[genera
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  • ...r=on}}, the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] irrigation projects. B ...long history under the name of [[Khwarezm]]. It used to be the westernmost border of [[Tang dynasty]] [[China]].
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  • [[File:Aksu Jabagly 2.JPG|thumb|Plateau between the rivers Kshi- and Ulken Kaindy, Zhabagly mountains, Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve]] ...eserve. The mountainous area is divided by the Jabagly, Aksu and Baldyrbek rivers, that all drain in a western direction into the [[Syrdarya]] that in turn f
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  • ...zone south of [[Kourchatov]] ([[Курчатов]])) and along the Chinese border. ...three separate bodies of water because of water drawdowns in its tributary rivers. A Soviet-era biological weapons site is a threat because it is located on
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  • ...poisonous to other animals. They can cover long distances and swim across rivers, but they avoid steep or rugged areas. The mating season starts in November ...specially the region between [[Volga River|Volga]] and [[Ural River|Ural]] rivers was heavily populated.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Сайгак в Казахст
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  • ...al Asian salamander is found in the [[Dzungarian Alatau]] mountains on the border of [[China]] and [[Kazakhstan]]. ...[[forest]]s, [[tundra]], temperate [[grassland]], [[river]]s, intermittent rivers, freshwater [[marsh]]es, and freshwater [[spring (hydropshere)|springs]]. T
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  • ...1465 by [[Janybek Khan]] and [[Kerey Khan]], on the banks of Jetsu ("seven rivers") in the southeastern part of the present-day [[Kazakhstan|Republic of Kaza ...aunched more than 240 raids and captured many Russians and herds along the border of [[Orenburg]].<ref name="google6"/>
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  • ...Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] tribes <br> [[File:Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg|border|23px]] [[Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] ...KIA}} <br> Kara Bateer{{KIA}} <br> [[File:Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg|border|23px]] [[Abdur Rahman Khan]]
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  • ==Border issues== ...an intergovernmental agreement on water allocation of the 24 transboundary rivers.<ref name="Kazakhstan and China develop economic and politic al cooperation
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