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The Karakum Desert (/ ˈ k ær ə k ʌ m / KARR-ə-kum; Russian: Каракумы, IPA: [kərɐˈkumɨ]), also spelt Qaraqum and Garagum (Turkmen: [ɢɑɾɑˈʁʊm]; lit. ' Black Sand '), is a desert in Central Asia. The name refers to the shale-rich sand beneath the surface. [1]
Turkestan is primarily inhabited by Turkic peoples, as well as Russian and Tajik-Persian minorities. Turkestan is subdivided into Afghan Turkestan , Russian Turkestan , and East Turkistan (the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China).
Turkistan, in Asian history, the regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia on the north; Tibet, India, Afghanistan, and Iran on the south; the Gobi (desert) on the east; and the Caspian Sea on the west. The mountain systems of the Pamirs and Tien Shan divide the area into West Turkistan and East Turkistan.
Karakum Desert, 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.
Turkiestan (pers. ترکستان – dosłownie „kraj Turków”) – część Azji Środkowej leżąca pomiędzy Syberią na północy a Tybetem, Indiami i Afganistanem na południu, oraz Morzem Kaspijskim na zachodzie i wschodnią Mongolią i pustynią Gobi na wschodzie.
13 lut 2021 · The Karakum desert occupies almost 3/4 of the territory of Turkmenistan and is Central Asia’s hottest sandy region. The Turkmen Karakum is extending about 350 000 square km, stretching some 800 km from west to east and 500 km from north to south.
Turkestan, city, southern Kazakhstan. It lies in the Syr Darya (ancient Jaxartes River) plain. Turkestan was an ancient centre of the caravan trade; it was known as Shavgar and later as Yasī. It became a religious centre called Khazret (Hazrat) because of the 12th-century Sufi (Muslim mystic) Ahmed.
