Kyrgyzstan - Territory
Chong Kemin Valley is a typically mountainous area of northern Kyrgyzstan, whose 80-km extent traces faithfully the border to Kazakhstan.
It is placed on the western branches of Tien Shan, the mountain range that time and again is above the legendary threshold of 7.000-m elevation in its rugged run towards China. The Chong Kemin Valley ecosystem is given matchless worth because of its incredibly high biodiversity, regarding as plants as animals species. That is the reason why Chong Kemin National Park was founded in 1977: it is a vast protected area which comprises two third of the whole valley, covering more than 126.000 ha.
