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Soviet topography map 1: 200,000, UNEP’s Environment and Security Initiative field and desk assessment
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Uploaded on Wednesday 22 Feb 2012
by GRID-Arendal
Mine and industrial site in Koshkar-Ata, Kazakhstan
Year:
2007
Author:
Viktor Novikov, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Description:
Much of the area near Koshkar-Ata Lake in Kazakhstan, just off the shore of the Caspian Sea, has been severely polluted due to mining activities of uranium phosphate. The area is also affected from chemical plants and metallurgic industries. The pollutants are quickly making there way to the Caspian Sea.
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