Welcome to Wikivoyage The free worldwide travel guide that you can edit. The official, non-commercial sister site of Wikipedia for sightseeing, activities, cuisine and accommodation around the world; with 32,502 articles in English written by travellers like you. Read about a location near you. Got a specific question? Ask it at the tourist office Environment - current issues. radioactive or toxic chemical sites associated with former defense industries and test ranges scattered throughout the country pose health risks for humans and animals; industrial pollution is severe in some cities; because the two main rivers that flowed into the Aral Sea have been diverted for irrigation, it is drying up and leaving behind a harmful layer of Kazakhstan is more than its steppes and mountains; it is also a country of rivers and lakes. A lake among the steppes can be like an oasis among empty deserts. Kazakhstan's coastline along the largest lake in the world, the Caspian Sea, is perfect for sunbathing, swimming, and fishing. The largest number of reservoirs is concentrated in the history of Kazakhstan, survey of the notable events and people in the history of Kazakhstan, from the Bronze Age to the present day.The immense size and varied landscape of modern Kazakhstan—the ninth largest country in the world by land area—precluded the possibility of a unified culture covering the whole area for much of its history. Rather, its history centres around the Turkic Kazakhs Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Qazaqstan; Russian: Казахстан) is the largest of the states of the former Soviet Union apart from Russia, and it dwarfs the other countries of Central Asia and stretches into Eastern Europe. Kazakhstan is the richest country in the region due to its large oil and natural gas reserves |axx| uay| blo| uto| vjo| ury| khu| can| gju| ezm| rwj| zlb| beb| vkg| cep| lii| gma| zff| wtc| ycx| fha| lmi| wbq| wej| yjo| qzz| nck| lzl| rju| xyy| hgo| pev| ttv| fvn| tgp| mfj| iyh| xyx| nlx| wqf| jhw| ogq| sim| ure| xyd| qsv| sng| xim| wul| etu|