Nature
Nature
The nature of Kyrgyzstan is very spectacular due to its countless landscape which is mainly mountainous. The lowest valley makes 400 metres above sea level. The Tien-Shan high system is made of 80 foremost ranges. Three world-prominent peaks are found in Kyrgyzstan. They are known as Pobeda (7439m), Lenin (7134m), and the mythical white marble pyramid of Khan-Tengri.
In Kyrgyzstan there are approximately 2000 lakes totally.Issyk-Kul Lake is the main touristic highlight. It is the second main alpine lake in the world after Lake Titicaca which is located in South America. The lake is at the promotion of 1610m above sea level, 170 km. long, 70 km. wide, with a maximum depth of 695m.
Son-Kul Lake is the second primary alpine lake in Kyrgyzstan at the height of 3014m above sea level, known for the itinerant style of life still experienced in its environs.
Chatyr-Kul Lake is one of the most lovely lakes, at height 3530m above sea level, with a maximum depth of 16m.
The major rivers are the following: the Naryn, Kara-Darya, Sary-Djaz, Chatkal, Chuy, Kekemeren and Isfairam-Sai rivers.Kyrgyzstan possesses many glaciers counting to 800 and they make up more than 4% of the land area of the country. The unresolved glacier is 60km long and it is baptized Inylchek
The flora in Kyrgyzstan is very rich and diverse. There is a big walnut forest named Arslanbob, where you also can find diverse fruit forests, very unique in their beauty and medicinal properties. The slopes of the foothills are enclosed with large tracts of Tien-Shan spruce trees, Semenov fir, persistent juniper, pistachio and almond, sea buckthorn, barberry, blackcurrants, honeysuckle, wild rose, and a wide variety of bourgeons and different medicinal herbs.
The fauna in Kyrgyzstan is very miscellaneous also. There are about 80 mammals, over 300 species of birds and about 30 species of reptiles and amphibians. You have a nice accidental to see various animals: start from the very tiny rodents and birds till biggest mountain inhabitants - carrion-crows, and mountain goat. Here, distant high raise places of High Mountain lives snow leopard which is a nationwide symbol for the republic.
Scarce animals of the republic are the wild ram, bison, mountain ibex, roe deer, bear, lynx and snow leopard were icluded in The Red Book.