Karaganda Region topographic maps

Average elevation: 599 m

Average elevation: 502 m

Balkhash was founded in 1937 as an industrial city centred on the mining and smelting of copper, which is still being exploited in the area. The city lies approximately 500 km west of the Chinese border, on the north side of the lake at an altitude of 440 m.

Average elevation: 446 m

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Average elevation: 542 m

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Average elevation: 539 m

Karaganda suffered the most severe electromagnetic pulse effects ever observed when its electrical power plant was set on fire by currents induced in a 1,000 km (620 mi) long shallow buried power cable by Soviet Test ‘184’ on 22 October 1962. The test was part of the Soviet Project K nuclear tests (ABM…

Average elevation: 542 m

Average elevation: 600 m