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10 Borovoe - Natural Oasis of Kazakhstan. Borovoe – Kazakhstan
When the God created the world, - as legend has it, - one people was bestowed with great forests, green fields and wide rivers and another people got beautiful mountains and blue lakes. But the Kazakh people were given only steppe. It hurt the Kazakhs’ feelings and they began to ask the creator to give them a scrap of wonderful nature.
And God searched in the bottom of his bag and threw into the middle of the lifeless steppe the remnants of the picturesque mountain cliffs and lakes with crystal-clear bluish water, and distributed with his generous hand emerald meadows covered with flowers, springs with icy-cold water and merrily murmuring brooks.
He covered the mountains with a colorful carpet of different trees and shrubs, and abounded the forests with animals and birds, the lakes with fish and meadows with insects and butterflies, which cannot be found in the steppes for one hundred miles around. Thus Borovoye came to light.
In the north of Kazakhstan, between Astana and Kokshetau is a wonderful district, a real oasis, named Borovoye. Geographically, this nook is called the Kokshetau heights and the local guides gave it the name of Kazakhstani Switzerland.
The heights of Borovoye are in fact not that high: 500-600 m. for the average hilltops, 300-400 m at the waterline of the lakes, with the Kokshetau Cliffs reaching 947 m, at the highest point of Kokshetau mountain (Blue Mountain). To the south is situated Burabai (camel) Mountain (690 m.) a fine panoramic point. Still to the south are the Shyuchinskiye hills, the largest of which is called Zheke-Batur - a lonesome fighter (826 m.)
One can not help but mention the lakes of Borovoye. There are many. Lakes Shychie, Borovoye, Big and Small Chebachie, and Koturkul glitter on the green carpet of the forest.
The small lakes Svetloye, Karasye, Gornoye, and Lebedinoye can be seen from Kokshetau Cliff. The visiting card of Borovoye is Blue Bay on the lake of the same name. Right from the waters of the bay Mount Zhumbaktas (Mystery, Sphinx) soars.
Every name here has its own legend. For example, the Sphinx is interesting when one looks at him from different points of view, for then one can see the face of a young lady with waving hair, then that of a woman and in the end that of an old woman.
Borovoye is more beautiful than a fairy tale. The harmony of the mountains and forests and lakes creates not only the unique beauty of the landscape, but also a special healing climate.
10.1 Write complete answers to these questions:
a) Where is Borovoe situated?
b) What mountain is translated as "Camel"?
c) Why "Sphinx" is interesting?
10.2 Name the second name of Kokshetau
a) Kazakhstani Italy;
b) Kazakhstani Switzerland;
c) Kazakhstani Sweden;
10.3 Which of the following sentences are true and which of them are false?
a) Kokshetau name the Kazakh Sweden.
b) Height of Burabai mountain is 690 m.
c) Borovoe is located between Astana and Kokshetau.
10.4 Put the article the if it necessary:
a) To _ south is situated Burabai (camel) Mountain (690 m.) a fine panoramic point.
b) Still to ___ south are ___ Shychinskiye hills, the largest of which is called Zheke-Batur - a lonesome fighter (826 m.)
c) Borovoye is ____ more beautiful than a fairy tale.
10.5 Kokshetau means is
a) Blue Mountain;
b) White Mountain;
c) Green Mountain.
11 Bayan-Aul State National Park
Pavlodar Region is famous for its magnificent Bayan-Aul National Natural Park, one of the most picturesque places in the country.
The SNNP (State National Nature Park) "Bayan-Aul" was formed in 1985 to preserve and restore the flora and fauna of the Bayan-Aul mountain range. The SNNP "Bayan-Aul" is situated in Pavlodar region and covers 50,000 hectares.
Bayan-Aul is located within the Kazakh mounds (Bayan-Aul mountains), which formed as a large mountain range during the early Paleozoic, and has a long history of continental destruction; these days its height is rather modest (400-1027 meters above sea level).
There are three large fresh water lakes in the Bayan-Aul territory - Sabyndykol, Zhasybai and Toraigyr. Besides these, there are several smaller lakes, which in the dry season grow shallow (Kochet lake and other).
The depth of Sabyndykol Lake is 10-13 m, and Zhasybai Lake - 7 m.
The lakes' coasts are very picturesque.
The Bayan-Aul Mountains are situated in the center of the Central Asian continent, which is why they have a continental climate. The average annual temperature is 32C, in January -13.7 C, minimum -17.8 C. The average temperature in July is 14.6 C, maximum - 32.6 C. The average period with above freezing weather is only 140 days. The average annual wind speed in Bayan-Aul is 2.9m/sec.
Floral variety in Bayan-Aul national park is represented by about 460 types.
This National Park represents four kinds of vegetation - forest, forest-steppe, steppe and meadow. In the southwestern parts of Pavlodar, on the right bank of the Irtish, is a unique spot on our planet - a natural site called the Goose Migration.
Paleontologists found the remains of giraffe, rhinoceros, hyena like animals and hipparirion (a small horse), who lived here 7-10 million years ago.
The total number of fossils found is considerable. They, it would seem, belong to thousands of species.
11.1 Write complete answers to these questions:
a) In what region Bayan-Aul National Natural Park is located?
b) In what year was formed SNNP (State National Nature Park) "Bayan-Aul"?
c) What lakes are located in Bayan-Aul?
11.2 What is the Goose Migration?
a) Paleontological finding of animals of the period of a neogene;
b) Deposits of iron ore;
c) Gold mine;
11.3 Which lake of Bayan-Aul is the deepest?
a) Sabyndykol Lake;
b) Zhasybai Lake;
c) Toraigyr Lake;
11.4 Choose the correct answer:
___ Bayan-Aul Mountains are situated in the center of ___ Central Asian continent, which is why they have a continental climate.
a) ___, the;
b) The, the;
c) ___, ___;
11.5 Put in the right preposition:
In the southwestern parts __ Pavlodar, __ the right bank __ the Irtish, is a unique spot __ our planet - a natural site called the Goose Migration.
a) Of, in, of, with;
b) Of, over, in, on;
c) Of, on, of, on.
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