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BACKGROUND OF EAST KAZAKHSTAN
East Kazakhstan region is located in the northeast of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the junction of the borders of Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan at the "crossroads" Eurasia ..
This area, thanks to its situation with the boundary-Siberian and Central Asian natural and climatic zones, has a great variety of natural landscapes: a desert, steppe, taiga, shining eternal ice mountains, numerous rivers and lakes. Its bulk is in the steppe zone.
North Eastern part of the field is located in the southwest of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion, which belongs to the 200 priority eco-regions globalnvm defined by the international company WWF Living Planet ".
Two Russian section of the Altay mountain system bordering eastern Kazakhstan - Katunsky reserve with Mount Belukha, and resting zone "Ukok included in the World Natural Heritage list of UNESCO.
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