Geographic location of KazakhstanKazakhstan - the largest state located in the northern hemisphere on two continents - Europe and Asia. Kazakhstan area is the ninth largest in the world and among the ten largest in the
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Geographic location of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan - the largest state
located in the northern hemisphere on two continents -
Europe and Asia. Kazakhstan area is the ninth largest in the world and among the ten largest in the territories of the world - after Russia, Canada, China, the U.S., Brazil, Australia, India and Argentina. The total area of Kazakhstan 2774 thousand square meters. km. The Republic extends from the lower reaches of the Volga River in the west to the foothills of the Altai Mountains in the east, spans two time zones, from the West Siberian Plain in the north to the Kyzyl Kum desert and mountains of Tien Shan in the south. The northernmost point in Kazakhstan - 55'26 'c.sh. - Corresponds to the latitude of the southern central part of the East European Plain and south of the British Isles (the latitude of Moscow), the southernmost point - 40'56 'N - Latitudes of the South Caucasus and the Mediterranean countries of Southern Europe (the latitude of Madrid, Istanbul and Baku).