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Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
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The Karakum Desert covers roughly seventy percent of Turkmenistan.

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Karakum Desert

Turkmenistan

Area
350,000 km²
Countries
Turkmenistan
11th largest desert in the world

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 percent, or roughly 350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi), of Turkmenistan.

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Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
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The sands of the Aral Karakum are made of finely-dispersed evaporites and remnants of alkaline mineral deposits.

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Karakum Desert

Turkmenistan

Area
350,000 km²
Countries
Turkmenistan
11th largest desert in the world

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 percent, or roughly 350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi), of Turkmenistan.

From the “Environment” section

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Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
desert

The Karakum is home to the Darvaza gas crater, also known as the 'Door to Hell'.

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Karakum Desert

Turkmenistan

Area
350,000 km²
Countries
Turkmenistan
11th largest desert in the world

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 percent, or roughly 350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi), of Turkmenistan.

From the “Geology” section

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Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
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The desert is crossed by the second-largest irrigation canal in the world, the Karakum Canal.

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Turkmenistan
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Karakum Desert

Turkmenistan

Area
350,000 km²
Countries
Turkmenistan
11th largest desert in the world

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 percent, or roughly 350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi), of Turkmenistan.

From the “Hydrography” section

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Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
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Golden Age Lake is a man-made lake under construction in the Karashor Depression in the Karakum Desert.

Karakum Desert
Turkmenistan
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Karakum Desert

Turkmenistan

Area
350,000 km²
Countries
Turkmenistan
11th largest desert in the world

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 percent, or roughly 350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi), of Turkmenistan.

From the “Golden Age Lake” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: David Stanley · CC BY 2.0

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