Sztuczny lodowiec w Kirgistanie
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The Syn-Tash district chief Maksat Dzholdoshev tries the piece of ice from the artificial glacier in a mountain gorge near the village of Syn-Tash, some 60 kms from Bishkek, on February 13, 2024. In the Tian-Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, villagers have made an artificial glacier to provide water for their drought-hit farms. Local residents made it over a period of two weeks in autumn by re-directing water from the peaks of Tian-Shan, which tower more than 4,000 metres high in northern Kyrgyzstan. Farmers are being forced to adapt since natural glaciers in Central Asia -- the main water source for the region -- are slowly disappearing due to global warming. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)
2024-02-13
VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/East News
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