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SARYARKA
mass migration of birds from Africa,
Europe and South Asia
Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
comprises two protected a namely Naurzum State
Nature Reserve and Korgalzhyn State Nature
Reserve totaling 450K hectares. . It features
wetlands of outstanding importance for migratory
water birds, including globally threatened species.
These wetlands are key stopover points and
crossroads on the Central Asian flyway of birds
from Africa, Europe and South Asia to their
breeding places in Western and Eastern Siberia.
The 200K hectares in the Central Asian steppe
includes two groups of fresh and salt water lakes
situated on a watershed between rivers flowing
north to the North Pole.