7/42.- Almaty, The Small Almatynka

There is a few rivers streaming down the mountains. They run through the city in the concrete channels (they begin from mountain glaciers and flow into Balkhash lake in the Central Kazakstan, the water temperature in the summer is about 13 degrees), but in some places they have natural banks. These are the cozy nooks of silence among noisy streets. Incredible, but you are in 100 m from one of the arterial largest roads! In the summer, when there is about 40 degrees in the street, here, near the water flow, the temperature is not more 25 degrees., and the noise of water is definitely more pleasant then noise of cars!!!

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