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The efforts included Syr Darya Control & Northern Aral Sea (NAS) project. [4] The $86 million NAS project, funded jointly by the World Bank through a loan of $65 million and the Government of Kazakhstan which covered the rest, was designed to mitigate the environmental and economic damage to the region, sustain and increase agriculture and fishing in the Syr Darya basin and secure the ...
Detailed map of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, with a small portion in Eastern Europe. [1] With an area of about 2,724,900 square kilometers (1,052,100 sq mi) Kazakhstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger than Alaska.
The Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia (ICWC) was formed on 18 February 1992 to formally unite Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the hopes of solving environmental, as well as socioeconomic problems in the Aral Sea region. The River Basin Organizations (the BVOs) of the Syr Darya and ...
Kazakhstan's location on the world map. Kazakhstan joined the World Bank in 1992 after it had gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Kazakhstan has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and as a result had its classification changed from a lower-middle income state to an upper-middle income state in 2006. [1]
The Kazakh semi-desert is an ecoregion in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome, located in Kazakhstan.The climate is semi-arid and continental, with a total annual precipitation of 160 millimetres (6.3 in), and mean temperatures in January averaging −15 °C (5 °F) and in July 23 °C (73 °F).
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a landlocked sovereign country located across both Central Asia and Eastern Europe. [1] Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world as well as the world's largest landlocked country, [2] it has a territory of 2,727,300 km 2 (greater than Western Europe).
Important Bird Areas of Kazakhstan (19 P) K. Kazakh Uplands (88 P) N. Natural history of Kazakhstan (4 C, 1 P) ... Environmental issues in Kazakhstan; M.
Emin Valley steppe (Kazakhstan, China) Gissaro-Alai open woodlands (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) Kazakh forest steppe (Kazakhstan, Russia) Kazakh steppe (Kazakhstan, Russia) Kazakh upland ; Pontic steppe (Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan) Tian Shan foothill arid steppe (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China)