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Balkhash

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Bal·khash or Bal·qash  (bl-ksh, bäl-käsh, -äsh), Lake
A shallow lake of southeast Kazakhstan. It has saline water in the east and fresh water in the west.

Balkhash (Russian) [balˈxaʃ]
n
(Placename) Lake. a salt lake in SE Kazakhstan: fed by the Ili River. Area: about 18 000 sq. km (7000 sq. miles)


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Projects such as the setting up of a petrochemical complex in Atyrau, the Moinak hydro power station, expansion and reconstruction of the Ekibastuz GRES - 1 power plant, the third power unit of the Ekibastuz GRES - 2 power plant, the Balkhash thermal power plant, the Beineu-Bozoi-Akbulak gas pipeline, and the Western Europe - Western China transit corridor.
The two main paths of long-range transport of dust seem to be (1) an eastward route from the Mongolian Plateau region over Manchuria, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the Pacific Ocean, and (2) a north-then-eastward route over the Tianshan Mountains and Lake Balkhash to about 50 [degrees] N before turning eastward toward the Pacific Ocean.
Methods The 2 study sites were in Kizil-Dzar (site 1; 500 m x 600 m) and Shagildi (site 2; 500 m x 500 m), located [approximately equal to] 40 km apart in an area southeast of Lake Balkhash in eastern Kazakhstan.
 
 
 
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