William Wordsworth

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Kazakhstan’s famous landmarks

Kazakhstan is a country located right in the heart of Eurasia. It's kind of sandwiched between the two world powers as Russia and China. It also borders three contries of Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

It's size by area makes Kazakhstan the ninth largest country in the world.

Khan Tengri

The first one is the highest of all the Kazakhstan’s Landmarks that you can't miss when arrive in Kazakhstan is Khan Tengri. Like many other Kazakhstan’s landmarks, Khan Tengri is located near Almaty, the major city and former capital of Kazakhstan. It is the most northerly "seven-thousander" as they call in the mountaineering circles. It's a marble rock, shaped like a pyramid. Its correct geometrical shape beautifully reflects the sun in different colours depending on the time of the day. Thus for its sunset red colour it was named the "Kan Tau" ("kan" - blood, and "tau" - mountain) among the Kazakh nomad tribes.

Charyn Canyon

Another one of many Kazakhstan landmarks is the Charyn Canyon. Some call it as the "Grand Canyon" of Kazakhstan or the "little Kazakh brother of the Grand Canyon". Although it reminds a smaller version of the famous Colorado landmark, it still has its own beauty and features quite different from its American brother.

The Charyn Canyon is situated about 200 km east of Almaty. It stretches 154 km alongside the Charyn River. The most popular part is called the Valley of Castles for the unusually shaped formations resembling the ancient fortresses. Although the Canyon stretches around 154 km alongside the River, the most popular part of it is only 2 km long and it's called the Valley of Castles. Why? The rocks and slopes round the area resemble the old ruines left from the ancient fortresses. It makes you wonder once again, how the Mother Nature managed to get these architectural masterpieces. And only about 20 km (12.5 mi) away, there is a Grove of a very rare species of the Ash Tree. The Sogdian Ash Tree Grove, that survived the Glacier Age. The Canyon, the River and the Sogdian Ash Tree Grove are all within the territory of the Charyn National Park.

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