Charyn Canyon: The Grand Canyon of Central Asia

Tucked away betwixt the Ketmen together with Ulken-Bogut mount ridges inwards the southeast corner of Republic of Kazakhstan , about the edge alongside PRC , lies the “Grand Canyon of Central Asia” —an impressive gorge virtually ninety kilometers long carved yesteryear the fast-flowing Charyn river (also spelled every bit Sharyn) during its northward journeying from its headwaters inwards the Tian Shan Mountains across the arid semi-desert due east of Almaty. Parts of the canyon are upward to 300 meters deep.

Several millennia of weathering activeness has revealed multiple layers of colored sediment deposits on the walls of the canyon. Of detail involvement is a dry out side ravine , virtually kilometer or 2 inwards length , called the Valley of Castles , where i tin run across towering stone formations which resembles , alongside some imagination , pillars together with castles. The fairy-tale sandstone formations through the canyon attain got likewise been given names such every bit Notre Dame , Penguin , Donald Duck together with Winnie the Pooh. This utilisation of the canyon is virtually 100 meters deep together with in that place is a path running downward the base. This is the topographic point tour operators normally accept tourists to when they catch the Charyn Canyon.

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