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Kyzyl Kum
(redirected from Kyzylkum desert)

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Kyzyl Kum or Kizil Kum (both: kəzŭl` km) [Turk.,=red sand], desert, c.115,000 sq mi (297,900 sq km), in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. This vast region SE of the Aral Sea between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers consists mainly of rocky areas covered by sparse vegetation and shifting sand dunes. Cotton, rice, and wheat are grown in river valleys and irrigated oases. Seminomadic tribespeople raise Karakul sheep and camels. Gold and natural gas deposits are exploited.
Kyzyl Kum
a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan


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Further west still, out in the Kyzylkum Desert, lays the city of Khiva.
The US mining company Newmont is involved in a gold mining joint venture in the Kyzylkum desert with the Uzbek Geology Ministry and the local Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combine.
 
 
 
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