Sharyn River

Almaty Region · Kazakhstan

Sharyn River, Kazakhstan
Photo: Yakov Fedorov, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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May to October
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A river descending from the Tian Shan that has cut a series of dramatic gorges through the semi-desert steppe. Its banks shelter a rare relict ash grove that survives from earlier geological eras.

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