Where Is The Kyzyl Kum Desert?
Kyzylkum Desert Uzbek Qizilqum Kazak Qyzylqum (“Red Sand”) desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It has an area of about 115 000 square miles (about 300 000 square km) and lies between two rivers—the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya—southeast of the Aral Sea.
Where is the Kara Kum desert?
Turkmenistan
Karakum Desert also spelled Kara-Kum Turkmen Garagum or Gara Gum (“Black Sand”) Russian Karakumy great sandy region in Central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent of the area of Turkmenistan. Another smaller desert in Kazakhstan near the Aral Sea is called the Aral Karakum.
Which physical region includes the Kara Kum and Kyzyl Kum deserts?
The territory of the Aral Sea Basin can be divided into two main zones: the Turan plain and the mountain zone. The Kara Kum covers the western and the northwestern parts of the Aral Sea Basin within the Turan plain and Kyzyl Kum deserts.