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Aralkum Desert
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 Aralkum with the remaining areas of the Aral Sea in 2021 | |
 Animated map of the shrinking of the Aral Sea, and growing Aralkum | |
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| Coordinates | 45°0′N 60°30′E / 45.000°N 60.500°E |
The Aralkum Desert (Uzbek: Orolqum choʻli, Оролқум чўли, Kazakh: Аралқұм шөлі, Russian: Пустыня Аралкум) is a desert that has appeared since 1960 on the seabed once occupied by the Aral Sea.[1] It lies to the south and east of what remains of the Eastern Basin Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It is currently the youngest desert in the world.[2]
- ^ Aral Sea State of Environment of the Aral Sea Basin. Regional report of the Central Asian States. (2000) Archived 24 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ geographyrealm (28 May 2014). "Aralkum Desert: The World's Newest Desert". Geography Realm. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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