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Text A. The Charyn Canyon. The beauty of Charyn is comparable with the Grand Canyon in Colorado, North America. The Charyn Canyon is 80 km long. The bizarre shapes left by erosion and weathering will transport you to a fairy land of fantastical sculptures. The Canyon has preserved an ash-tree which survived glaciation. The Charyn River is perfect for white-water rafting.

Text В. The Turgen Gorge. One of the most picturesque places in the environs of Almaty, the Gorge plunges 44 km deep to the vast Assy plateau. It is blessed with coniferous and mixed forests, alpine and sub-alpine meadows, lakes and springs, medicinal herbs and wild raspberries. The Gorge is famous for its waterfalls. The Medvezhny (Bear) waterfall is 30 m high, while Bozgul is a powerful flood of water that has worn away an entire tunnel in the rock. The specially protected Chin - Turgen mossy fir forests, the only ones surviving in the Tien-Shan, are also to be found here.

Text C. The Singing Hill. The right bank of the Ili River is famous for a natural phenomenon: in dry weather the sands make music that sounds like an organ playing. The quartzite sand hills - Bolshoi and Maly Kalkan - are over 120 m high and stretch for 4 km. Despite the looseness of the sand and the strong winds, the sand hills do not migrate through the plain, but have remained in the same place for millennia. A new type of slalom has become popular - skiing down a sand hill.

1. Where is the place you've read about situated?

These places are situated near Almaty in Kazakhstan

2. What is your place famous for?

A: The Charyn Canyon is famous for the bizarre shapes left by erosion and weathering. What is more, an ash-tree which survived glaciation is preserved there.

B: The Turgen Gorge is famous for its waterfalls. Also, the specially protected Chin-Turgen mossy fir forests, the only ones surviving in the Tien-Shan, are also to be found there.

C: The Singing Hill is famous for the music made by the sands in dry weather that sounds like an organ playing.

3. What is its size/length/height/depth?

A: The Charyn Canyon is 80 km long.

B: The Turgen Gorge is 44 km deep. The Medvezhny (Bear) waterfall in the Gorge is 30 m high.

C: The quartzite sand hills - Bolshoi and Maly Kalkan - are over 120 m high and stretch for 4 km.

4. What can a visitor do (sports) or see there?

A: A visitor can go white-water rafting there.

B: A visitor can see waterfalls, coniferous and mixed forests, alpine and sub-alpine meadows, lakes and springs, medicinal herbs and wild raspberries.

C: A visitor can go skiing down a sand hill.