Karakum Desert
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The Karakum Desert, also spelt Qaraqum and Garagum, is the 12th largest desert in the world, located in Central Asia. The name refers to the shale-rich sand beneath the surface. It occupies about 70 p
Sand dunes in the Karakum Desert
The Darvaza gas crater, also known as the Door to Hell, at night in the Karakum Desert
Sarygamysh Lake
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Sarygamysh Lake, also Sarykamysh or Sary-Kamysh, is the largest lake in Turkmenistan located about midway between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. A quarter of the lake's area is in Uzbekistan. The S
Karakum Desert
…Barsakelmes Lake. Within the north-west edge of the desert used to be a river. In the late Pleistocene, the Amu Darya used to flow beyond the Aral Basin to Sarykamysh Lake then to the Caspian Sea. Sedimentation and floods during a pluvial period led to overflow to the Zeravshan River valley to the east. The two flows…
December 2001