World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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Ustyurt

Plateau

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Dash

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Aydarko'l

Ko'li

Murgap

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D

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Daryá-ye M

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háb

Harírúd

D

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yá-ye Helmand

Ga

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Kanaly

Caspian

Sea

Aral

Sea

AFGHANISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

UZBEKISTAN

IRAN

KAZAKHSTAN

AflGABAT

Herát

Kandahár

Mazár-e Sharíf

Türkmenabat

Da§oguz

Samarqand

Urganch

Qarshi

Navoiy

Nukus

Buxoro

Balkanabat

Türkmenba§y

Tejen

Kaka

Abadan

Serdar

Baharly

Hazar

Seÿdi

To‘rtko‘l

Köneürgenç

Bereket

Gökdepe

Meymaneh

Áqchah

Sheberghán

Kalát

Faráh

Gereshk

Bálá Morgháb

Mary Baÿramaly

Atamyrat

Serhetabat

Saÿat

Uchquduq

Zarafshon

Zaranj

Since 1960, the Aral Sea has shrunk

by 90 percent, becoming extremely

saline and consequently losing all

but one of its once-abundant

fish species.

The desert of Kara Kum (Garagum) occupies

over 70 percent of Turkmenistan, severely limiting

human settlement across much of the country.

The Kara Kum (Garagum) Canal, the world’s

longest irrigation canal, stretches some 850 miles

(1375 km) and is known as the “River of Life,”

since it irrigates large areas of arid land.

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2

4

5

3

ABCD

99

96

102

102

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0 miles 200

200

NORTH & WEST ASIA

Central Asia