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  • ...rkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[People's Republic of China|China]]. The country also borders on a significant part of the [[Caspian Sea]]. ...ulation|62nd largest]] population in the world, with a [[List of countries by population density|population density]] of less than 6 people per squa
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  • ...sturgeon)|Beluga]], [[Ossetra]] and [[Sevruga]] caviars). Depending on the country, ''caviar'' may also be used to describe the roe of other [[Fish (food)|fis ...Caviar is the eggs or roe of sturgeon preserved with salt. It is prepared by removing the egg masses from freshly caught fish and passing them carefully
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  • ...ated in [[Karaganda Region|Karaganda region]] - more than 8.5 billion tons by the end of 2012. ...accumulated all over the country without controls. This is largely caused by the following factors:
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  • ...1.2 to 2 million years ago, when the ancient Paleozoic shield was cracked by granite. The area lifted and created the Kent and Karkaraly Mountains. The ...3. The two-story wooden building consists of exhibition halls of flora and fauna found in the Karkaraly National Nature Park. In one of the halls of the mus
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  • | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] ===Flora and fauna===
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  • |country=Russia ...Sigismund von Herberstein]], in the 16th century Russians called the range by a variety of names derived from the Russian words for rock (stone) and belt
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  • ...the great [[plateau]] of Mongolia, the transition being effected gradually by means of several minor plateaus, such as [[Ukok plateau|Ukok]] (2,380 m) wi ...Dorgon Lake|Dorgon]] and [[Khar Lake (Khovd)|Khar]] 1,170 m, and traversed by various [[mountain range]]s, of which the principal are the [[Tannu-Ola Mou
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  • |caption = The Caspian Sea as captured by the [[Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer|MODIS]] on the orbiting ...h century the Caspian Sea was still not well explored and mapped. 1570 map by [[Fernão Vaz Dourado]].]]
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  • The '''wildlife of [[Kazakhstan]]''' includes its [[flora]] and [[fauna]],<ref name=Geptner1972>Geptner, V. G., Sludskij, A. A. (1972). ''Mlekopita ==Fauna==
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  • .../16108941 }}</ref> The [[genus]] ''[[Haliaeetus]]'' was introduced in 1809 by the French naturalist [[Marie Jules César Savigny]] in the ''[[Description ...s, the latter likely around the same size as the record-sized deer carried by bald eagles in North America.<ref name=RaptorsWorld/>
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  • ...appearance to the [[Columba livia|rock pigeon]], but mainly differentiated by its tail pattern which consist of a broad white tail-band across the black * ''turkestanica'', described by Buturlin, is found in the western range of distribution
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  • ...of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence (Cabi Publishing) by John L. Long (ISBN 9780851997483)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hare- ...Hare.JPG|thumb|"Mountain, Irish Hare" illustration from "British Mammals" by A. Thorburn, 1920]]
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  • ...= 688}}</ref> This species was first [[scientific description|described]] by Swedish zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the [[12th edition of Systema Natura ...s showed that the saiga is [[sister taxon|sister]] to the [[clade]] formed by the [[springbok]] (''Antidorcas marsupialis'') and the [[gerenuk]] (''Litoc
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  • The species's population had recently been in decline in the country while it slowly increases in reintroduction sites. The Turkmenian kulan has The Transcaspian wild ass is characterized by a pale brown coat, a dark stripe down the spine and white patches on the si
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  • ...American wolves have been recorded to respond to European-style howls made by biologists.<ref name="zimen1981">Zimen, E. (1981), ''The Wolf: His Place in ...s a Carnivore", in ''Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation'', edited by L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani, pp. 104-130, Chicago: University Press</re
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  • ...'' by Seifert in 1987, and more recently in 2004, with ''Myrmica tobiasi'' by Radchenko and Elmes.<ref name=Seifert/> ...bly countries of the former [[Soviet Union]]) they are found in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]],<ref>N. Gratiashvili & Sh. Barjadze, 2008. Checklist of the ants
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  • ...a & Flora International is working to save and restore the species in that country, and has put ''M. niedzwetzkyana'' on its endangered list, brought it under ...org Dieck]] at the Zöschen Arboretum, Germany, who grew it from seed sent by the Russian lawyer and amateur botanist [[Vladislav E. Niedzwiecki]] living
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