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fiogf49gjkf0d KAZAKHSTAN LIES IN THE HEART OF EURASIA BORDERED BY CHINA
ON THE EAST, KYRGYZSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN ON THE SOUTH, BY THE
CASPIAN SEA AND A SMALL PART OF TURKMENISTAN ON THE WEST,
AND RUSSIA IN THE NORTH. IT HAS AN AREA LARGER THAN
ALGERIA, 2,717,300 SQ.KM. KAZAKHSTAN HAS A VARIED
LANDSCAPE BUT IS ESSENTIALLY DOMINATED BY STEPPES AND
DESERT. LOWLANDS ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE AREA,
HILLY PLAINS AND PLATEAUS FOR NEARLY A HALF AND THE REST
ARE MOUNTAINS.
THE CASPIAN SEA IS THE LARGEST INLAND BODY OF WATER AND
KAZAKHSTAN HAS 2,320 KM OF ITS COASTLINE. THE OTHER LARGE
BODIES OF WATER ARE THE ARAL SEA AND LAKE BALKS. THE COUNTRY
HAS MORE THAN 7,000 STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT FOR THE MOST
PART DRAIN INTO THE CASPIAN & ARAL SEAS. THE HIGHEST POINT IN
THE COUNTRY IS KHAN-TENGRI PEAK ON THE BORDER WITH KYRGYZSTAN
IN THE SOUTH & THE LOWEST AREA IS THE KARAGIYE SALT DEPRESSION
OF THE EAST CASPIAN REGION.
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