Balkhash Lake.
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For venturesome tourists Balkhash offers hunting with hunting birds for heath-cock, duck, partridge, pigeon, hare, fox and even wolf. Also interesting is ichthyo-fauna of the lake. You can enjoy fishing for marinka, pike perch, bream, catfish and others.

Balkhash Lake is the largest mouth less pond after the Caspian and Aral seas. Its length is 614 km., width is 3,5 to 44 km, the maximum depth is 26 m. The phenomena of Balkhash Lake is the different internalization of its western and eastern parts, connected by a narrow gulf. The western part gets water from the Ili River and is fresh; the eastern part is galty. The nature of Balkhash is wonderful of contrasts.

Bektuata Mountain Range Bektuata Mountain Range is an oasis of North Pribalkhashye. The pink peak of Bektuata soared in to the high of more than 1000 m. In clear weather it can be seen over 100 km. afar, so it is not called in vain the light house of Pribalkhashye. Bektuata is not vast (4000 hectares), but it includes a great variety of wonderful rocks and gorges. In the bowels of the caves one can find mountain crystal morion a rare mineral peso quartz.

These granites have all imaginable forms. Their names are a Mushroom, a Trunk, a Turtle, etc. Numerous ancient monuments and mounds many of which has been preserved and may be still hiding mysteries of life.

In Saryarka 88 archeological sites situated in different regions are taken the state safety. There are Aktasti and Klish mound, Dermen settlement, Aidagarly cave, the group of mounds of Karasy winter set etc.

The most interesting specimen of cultural architecture of the XVIII c. is Ak-Beket Mazar. Mazar is a circular building in the shape of yurta (tent).

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