Bukantau

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Bukantau

 

a mountain mass in northern Uzbek SSR, in the Kyzylkum Desert. Maximum elevation, 764 m. Bukantau is formed of crystalline schists, limestones, and igneous rocks (granite and granodiorite). The summit is flat. Springs used for irrigation emerge from the lower part of the slopes of Bukantau.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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