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Big Almaty Lake

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Big Almaty Lake
Big Almaty Lake. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Big Almaty Lake (Kazakh: Үлкен Алматы көлі, romanized: Ülken Almaty kölı; Russian: Большое Алматинское Озеро) is a natural alpine reservoir. It is located in the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains, 15 km south from the center of Almaty in Kazakhstan. The lake is 2511 meters above sea level.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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