A herd of cows has taken over the sandbanks that emerge around the piers of the Qonayev Bridge.

This bridge is the only one crossing the Ili along the more than 300 kilometers separating the Qapshigai Dam from its mouth in Lake Balkhash.

For years, the river’s flow has been decreasing, notably due to the growing irrigation needs of China, which lies upstream.

Credit : Gereon Wintz (Germany)

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