A view of Balkhash with Kazakhmys copper smelting plant in the backgrownd. — AFP
SEEN from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the shape of a crescent, you can see why they call Lake Balkhash the “pearl of Kazakhstan”.
But pollution, climate change and its overuse are threatening the existence of one of the most unique stretches of water in the world.
