Kazakh President surveys Ayusai mudflow check dam
13:03, 18 August 2023
ALMATY. KAZINFORM As part of his working trip to Almaty Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev surveyed the Ayusai mudflow check dam commissioned on June 1, 2023, Kazinform reports.
The dam is situated in the basin of the River Ulken Almaty. There are 98 mudflow dangerous districts, 89 glaciers, and 20 moraine-dammed and glacier lakes along the upper reaches of the river.
There are 970 moraine-dammed lakes in Kazakhstan at large of which 156 are prone to outburst.
Besides, the Head of State got acquainted with the 31 digital gauging stations pilot project called to monitor speed, temperature, muddiness of water, etc. Such stations will be installed in all seven mountainous regions of Kazakhstan.