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Aral Karakum Desert

Aral Karakum
Арал қарақұмы
Aral Karakum is located in Kazakhstan
Aral Karakum
Aral Karakum
Floor elevation55 m (180 ft)
Area40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Geology
TypeDesert
Geography
CountryKazakhstan
Coordinates46°41′18″N 63°01′09″E / 46.6883°N 63.0192°E / 46.6883; 63.0192

Aral Karakum (Kazakh: Арал қарақұмы / Aral qaraqumy, IPA: [ɑˈrɑɫ qɑˌrɑqʊˈmɤ]; Russian: Приаральские Каракумы, IPA: [prʲɪ(j)ɐˈralʲskʲɪje kərɐˈkumɨ]) is a desert in Kazakhstan, situated northeast of the Aral Sea.

Most of the desert territory is located within the Aral and Kazaly districts of the Kyzylorda Region. A small sector is part of the southeastern end of the Aktobe Region and the southwestern fringes of the Karaganda Region.[1][2]

  1. ^ Google Earth
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference STMa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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