Karakum Desert

  • The Karakum Desert, also known as the Gara-Gum Desert, is a Desert that covers over two thirds of Turkmenistan, a country on the east coast of the Caspian Sea.
  • It lies in an east west direction consisting of rocks covered in Sand Sand dunes.

River Oxus

  • The eastern border of Turkmenistan is formed by the River Amu Darya, known in Antiquity as the River Oxus.
  • The river flows from Afghanistan to a Delta in the South Aral Sea.

Karakum Canal

  • In 1953 the Soviet Government built an irrigation canal to the south of the dried up Uzboy riverbed.
  • The Water was diverted from the Amu Darya to irrigate the Karakum Desert, which led to the drying up of the Aral Sea.

 

Karakum Desert

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