travel to almaty excursions almaty excursions in almaty sightseeing of kazakhstan sightseeing kazakhstan visit Kazakhstan Baikonur Cosmodrome Baikonur Cosmodrome tour www.kosmostrip.net the KarKaraly national parK The park has 190 species of vertebrates: 45 species of mammals, 122 species of birds, 6 species of reptiles, 2 species of amphibians and 15 species of fish The Karkaraly Mountains owe their name to a Kazakh national headdress worn by girls and young women - karkara, which was artfully embroidered with beads, decorated with velvet, satin and had owl feathers on its top. Like resplendent karkara, the Karkaraly Mountains shine with every rainbow color. The Karkaraly National Natural Park was established in 1993. The park occupying the area of 90,323 ha is located in Karkarala district of Karaganda province. The territory of the park encompasses not high mountains of Karkaraly and Kent occupying the eastern part of the Kazakh Hummocks. The highest point of the Karkaraly Mountains is 1403 meters and that of Kent - 1469 meters. In the distant past, there used to be solid ridges that have deteriorated over time and got divided into many small ridges and hills. Springs running down the mountain gorges give rise to small rivers. The largest river of the Karkaraly Mountains is the Karkaraly (with tributaries Tulkuli and Tasbulak), Kendara, Zharym, Keraly, Kopa, streams Aleksandrovsky, Ayushat, Kengir, in the Kent Mountains - Kyzylkenysh, Kadir, Ozen. There are beautiful lakes Shaitankol, Bassein, Kendara, Pashennoye, Ulkenkol here, also small reservoirs and water-filled pits in the granitic rocks. The main tree species are pine, silver birch, aspen, willow and shrubs. A feature of the local flora is a big number of relic Ice Age plants, rare and endangered plants - 66 species. The Red Book of Kazakhstan includes about 10% of the park’s species: Alnus glutinosa (black), Karkaraly barberry, Epipogiurn aphyllum, drooping tulip, wintergreen umbrella. Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soo, steppe peony, poppy thin and one of moss species - sphagnum smooth. Rare in the region are plants such as fraxineila angustifolia, ferns - bracken ordinary and Asplenium trichomanes. In the Karkaraly Mountains there is a relic sphagnum bog - insulated and southernmost in Kazakhstan. The swamp of 1 hectare is overgrown with birches mixed with pines and covered with sphagnum moss.

• published: 18 May 2015
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