Nature of Nursultan

The city is located in northern Kazakhstan on the banks of the Ishim River, at its closest point of contact with the Nura River. The city is located in the steppe zone and is separated by two banks of a river. Nursultan is located in the dry steppe zone, a subzone of dry fescue-feather grass steppes on dark chestnut soils. Currently, active work is underway to plant trees and shrubs in the capital, adapted to local soil and climatic conditions. The fact that within the city there are deposits for the development of soil for road construction, the composition of which is sand and gravel mixtures, indicates the complexity of landscaping the city. The climate of the city is also quite harsh - sharply continental, with strong winds. The government created a green wall project so that trees would serve as a shield from the wind for the city.

In January, the wind blows mainly from the northeast. Winter is cold, long, with little snow, and in some years severe. The duration of the frosty period is 245 days, and the duration of winter is 5-5,5 months. A stable snow cover usually forms in mid-November for a period of 130 - 140 days. The average temperature in January is -17″C, July - 20-24″С. The absolute minimum in some winters reaches -52″C. Summer is hot, over 35 degrees, with dust storms and dry winds. The average number of days per year with strong wind (more than 15 m/sec) is 40, the highest is 87. In the city of Nursultan, the maximum wind speed recorded during the observation period of 36 m/sec is recorded once every 20 years. Annual precipitation is 200-300mm.

Despite the severity of the climate in Nursultan, you can enjoy the splendor of tropical plants by visiting the Khan-Shatyr shopping and entertainment center. This is a unique eco-project that combines shopping and entertainment. There is an artificial tropical beach covered with sand, which was specially imported from the Maldives.

The city in the steppe can surprise you with such an entertaining place as an aquarium, where you can observe the life of the underwater world. The aquarium is home to about 2000 animals, representing more than 100 species of marine inhabitants from different parts of the world.

The modern architecture of the city is very impressive for tourists, it is not for nothing that they say that Astana is the pearl of the steppe. Outside the city, such large rivers as Ishim and Nura and lakes - Teniz, Karasor, Korgalzhyn, Balyktykol, Kypshak - flow through the region.

130 km. southwest of the city of Nursultan is the Korgalzhinsky National Reserve. The reserve is located in the Tengiz-Korgalzhin depression, the total area protected area 259,9 thousand hectares. In the Korgalzhinsky reserve there are two large lakes, Tengiz and Korgalzhin; in total, these lakes are the reserve. The reserve is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Saryarka site. The Nura River flows through the reserve.

Deposits of gold, uranium, bauxite, antimony, copper, brown coal, kaolin ores, quartz sands and other minerals have been discovered in the depths of the region.