LANDSCAPES OF THE

STEPPES:
CHINA AND CENTRAL
ASIA

LANDMARKS
 THIS IS A ROCK OUTCROP
NEAR LAKE BOROBOE IN
NORTH KAZAKHSTAN AS
PART OF THE BURABAY
NATIONAL PARK WITH
FORESTS OF DENSE PINE
AND BIRCH.
LEGEND SAYS THAT A
CAPTIVE OIRAT WOMAN
CLAIMED SHE WOULD
MARRY THE MAN WHO
COULD SHOOT AN
ARROW TO THE TOP. ALL
FAILED FOR THE FIRST
TIME, SO THE NAME
TRANSLATES AS “PLACE
OKZHETPES WHERE ARROWS
CANNOT REACH”.
MOUNTAIN
OKZHEPTES
MOUNTAIN,
NORTH
KAZAKHSTAN
KAZAKHSTANI 10 TENGRE
BANK NOTE
IN FRONT OF THE
OKZHETPES MOUNTAIN IS
THE STONE ZHUMBAKTAS
(MYSTERIOUS STONE)
USTYURT PLATEAU IS A
TRANSBOUNDARY CLAY
DESERT SHARED WITH
TURKEMNISTAN,
UZBEKISTAN AND
KAZAKHSTAN
USTYURT PLATEAU
USTYURT PLATEAU
USTYURT PLATEAU
USTYURT PLATEAU
USTYURT PLATEAU
 MANGYSTAU IS A REGION
FAMOUS FOR ITS DESERT
MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE AS
PART OF THE USTYURT
PLATEAU
 SHERKALA IS A
MOUNTAIN
DESCRIBED AS BEING
LIKE A YURT
 CHARYN CANYON IS A
CANYON OF SEDEMENTARY
RED SANDSTONE ON THE
SHARYN RIVER IN EAST
KAZAKHSTAN CLOSE TO
THE CHINESE BORDER.
CHARYN CANYON
CHARYN CANYON
CHARYN CANYON
CHARYN CANYON