Lake Sary Chelek
Some 500 km from Bishkek and 300 km from Osh is The Sary Chelek biosphere reserve, which lies in the Arkit Gorge, a relatively small mountain hollow in the Chatkal…
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In the North-Eastern corner of Kyrgyzstan, two ridges of the Tian Shan converge and some peaks rise to over 6000m. The Enilchek glacier snakes down from the clouds, nestling at…
Read more »Lake Ala Kol
Ala Kol lake is on the popular trekking routes between Altyn-Arashan and the Karakol gorge at an altitude of 3532m. It is often the first overnight stop on the route…
Read more »Myortvoye Ozero – Salty Lake
Kyrgyzstan’s "Dead Sea" For most of the way, the road which runs around the southern shore of Lake Issyk Kul hugs the coast quite closely. About 30km from Balykchy, however, if…
Read more »Mercury
Mercury is the second most commonly found element in the Kyrgyz Republic. Deposits are found in the form of a large belt, 5 kilometers deep, from the leilek river in…
Read more »Fossil fuels
A wide range of fossil fuels are found in Kyrgyzstan – coal, peat, gas and oil. Coal: It is estimated that there are something like two and a half billion…
Read more »Gold
The Kyrgyz for gold is “Altyn”. It is used as a name and KyrgyzAltyn is the main, government run, company working in gold extraction. Evidence of ancient gold mines has…
Read more »Uranium
Uranium is mined in various places but Kyrgyzstan is more important as a center for processing the mineral. There are plans to increase production, in particular in co-operation with Russia…
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