巴尔喀什是哈萨克斯坦东南部杰兹卡兹甘州城市。在巴尔喀什湖北岸。铁路要站。湖港。人口8.2万（1985）。哈萨克斯坦大炼铜中心。三十年代后期随附近科温拉德铜矿的开采与冶炼而兴起。
两条河流汇入巴尔喀什湖，维系着两百多万哈萨克人的生活。
The rivers drain into the Balkhash lake, which sustains the livelihood of more than two million Kazakhs.
他说，巴尔喀什湖正在“失水” “现在的水位比三十年前低了两米多。
The Balkhash lake, he said, was “losing water.” “The water level is now lower by more than two metres to what it was three decades ago.
或许有些夸张，联合国开发计划署（UNDP）认为巴尔喀什湖将会像咸海那样变成一个肮脏的盐碱湖。
Perhaps exaggerating, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has said Lake Balkhash could turn into a salty mess, like the Aral Sea;
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