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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 .
It is located in Zhanasemey District, Abai Region, Kazakhstan, south of the valley of the Irtysh River. The test site was part of the former Kazakh SSR. The scientific buildings for the test site were located around 150 km (93 mi) west of the town of Semipalatinsk, later renamed Semey, near the border of East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar Region.
Kazakhstan has rich coal deposits with 300 major deposits and 170.2 billion tons of reserves. Coking coal is primarily extracted from the Karaganda Basin. The Turgay, Balkhash and Maikuben depressions all hold small deposits of Mesozoic coal. The country has about eight billion tons of iron, nickel, cobalt and up to 300 tungsten deposits.
Kazakhstan is: a landlocked country; Location: Kazakhstan is a region or subregion of: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Asia. Central Asia; Europe. Eastern Europe (a small portion only; 381,567 km 2) Time zone: Kazakhstan Time UTC+5; Extreme points of Kazakhstan. High: Khan Tengri 7,010 m (22,999 ft) Low: Caspian Depression ...
Five kilometers upstream from the lower lake, the middle lake is the largest of the three, and reaches a depth of 50 meters. (altitude: 2,252 meters). It is considered the most scenic of the three Kolsay Lakes. Photo of Middle Kolsay Lake. Upper Kolsay Lake. Six kilometers above the middle lake, the upper lake is surrounded by spruce trees and ...
Kazakhstan is also part of the EU's Central Asia New Partnership Program. [ 6 ] Currently, Kazakhstan is an observer in the Council of Europe , a full member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) [ clarification needed ] , a member of the European Higher Education Area , the Union of European Football ...
Kazakhstania is mainly flat: only in the east near Karaganda are there mountains, and these only rise to 1,565 metres (5,130 feet) in the Tarbagatay Range.Although most of Kazakhstania is arid and practically no water flows from the region to the oceans, there is extensive grazing of cattle, sheep and camels on the grasslands which cover most of the region today.
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