for the desert in Kazakhstan Aral Karakum Image Karakum.png thumb Karakum by NASA World Wind The KarakumDesert , also spelled Kara Kum and Gara Gum Black Sand Turkmen language Turkmen Garagum , Russian language Russian is a desert in Central Asia . It occupies about 70 percent, or 350,000 km , of the area of Turkmenistan . ref cite web url http www.britannica.com eb article 9110529 KarakumDesert title KarakumDesert Britannica Online Encyclopedia publisher www.britannica.com accessdate .... Location Covering much of present day Turkmenistan , the KarakumDesert lies east of the Caspian Sea , with the Aral Sea to the north and the Amu Darya river and the Kyzyl Kum desert to the northeast. In modern times, with the shrinking of the Aral Sea, the extended Aral Karakum has appeared on the former ... user anastasis03 p a u 0 0LMvFI8gPAU Gonur Depe site in the KarakumDesert http blacksandsfilm.wordpress.com the karakumdesert photos and about the KarakumDesert Deserts Category Deserts of Turkmenistan Category Ergs ar az Qaraqum s hras bs Pustinja Karakum bg ca Kara Kum cs Karakum da Karakum de Karakum et Karakum T rkmenistan es Desierto de Karakum eo Karakumo eu Karakum fa fr D sert du Karakoum gd Karakum ko hr Karakum it Deserto del Karakum he ..., the South Aral Sea is still dropping, thus expanding the size of the desert. ref http enrin.grida.no aral aralsea english arsea arsea.htm Aral Sea ref The sands of the Aral Karakum are made up of a salt ... out of the Hindu Kush Mountains, flow west, and empty into the vangeli. The desert is crossed by the second ... salination ... Archaeology Within the Karakum are the Bolshoi Big Balkan, a mountain range in which ... oases of Mary, Turkmenistan Mary and Tejen are noted for cotton growing. Geology The KarakumDesert is home to the Darvaza Gas Crater s coord 40 15 08.40 N 58 26 23.10 E The area has significant Petroleum oil and natural gas deposits. Transport The desert is crossed by the Trans Caspian railway ... more details
Aral Karakum is a desert in Kazakhstan , situated northeast of the Aral Sea . It borders on the Syr Darya river to the south. The desert covers an area of 40,000 km . The landscape in the region is quite flat, with a height that varies from 55 to 118 meters AMSL. The dune s can reach heights of around 25 meters. The area is very dry, and the dried out riverbeds usually only carry water during springtime, when the winter snow melts. Annual precipitation is around 120 mm. The winter lasts from mid November to mid March, with varying cloud cover and frequent fog . Mean temperature during daytime is minus 5 10 C, and at night around 25 C. The lowest recorded temperature is 42 C. However, at any time during winter, mild weather is possible. Precipitation falls mostly in the winter as snow. Snow cover is usually around 15 cm deep, but can reach 30 cm. Summer lasts from May to mid September. Daytime temperatures normally range 30 35 C, but temperatures up to 43 C have been recorded. At night the temperature drops to 15 18 C. During summer there are often dry winds and dust storm s. The Aral Karakum has some vegetation, mainly grass es, and it is being used for grazing of sheep . Deserts Category Deserts of Kazakhstan ar et Araali Karakum gd Aral Karakum ka no Aral Karakum nn Aralsk Karakum pl Aralska Kara kum pt Aral Karakum ro Aral Karakum ru sr uk ... more details
The Trans Karakum Railway is a convert 540 km mi 0 abbr on long railway in the Central Asia central Asian republic of Turkmenistan . The railway was officially completed on 19 February 2006. The railway took over 1,500 workers more than five years to build, with 800 contractors working in the harsh conditions of the KarakumDesert . The railway was built using no foreign specialists only companies and contractors from Turkmenistan were used. The opening ceremony was held at I oguz formerly Darvaza , where a white marble railway station with a capacity of 100 people a day was built for the event. The railway takes 12 hours to traverse, halving the previous travel time between the two cities of Ashgabat and Dashoguz by replacing the route from through Mary Province Mary and Lebap Province Lebap provinces and along the border with Uzbekistan with one convert 700 km mi 0 abbr on shorter. There are 17 stations along the entire route, some serving existing villages, and others serving as a drop off point for planned villages. Over 130 bridges span the various water features, and a new highway is also being constructed alongside the railway. It is the third large scale project implemented since Turkmenistan s independence. Earlier, a convert 132 km mi 0 abbr on stretch of the convert 280 km mi 0 abbr on Tejen Serakhs Mashhad railway as well as the convert 205 km mi 0 abbr on long T rkmenabat Atamyrat railway were built in the country. External links http turkmenistan.ru index.php?page id 3&lang id en&elem id 7712&type event&sort date desc Construction of Trans Karakum railway nears completion in Turkmenistan Turkmenistan.ru http turkmenistan.ru index.php?page id 3&lang id en&elem id 7717&type event&sort date desc Northern and southern stretches of Trans Karakum railway connected in Turkmenistan Turkmenistan.ru Category Rail transport in Turkmenistan Turkmenistan stub Asia rail stub ... more details
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The Mo medes Desert is a desert located in southeast Africa , in Angola . The desert stratches along from atlantic coastal of Angola to Angola Namibia border 450 km away . The desert is considered an extension of Namib Desert . Deserts DEFAULTSORT Mocamedes Desert Category Deserts of Africa Africa geo stub pt Deserto de Mo medes ... more details
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High desert refers to the inland and often high elevation deserts of the American West . Examples of high deserts in North America include the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert . High desert can also mean High Desert, Albuquerque, New Mexico , a development in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States High Desert Investment Corporation , the company that developed High Desert, New Mexico High Desert California , an area encompassing north Los Angeles County, California , north San Bernardino County, California , and Kern County, California in the United States High Desert Oregon , an area in Central Oregon , United States The High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, United States High Desert State Prison Nevada in Indian Springs, Nevada High Desert State Prison California in Susanville, California disambig ... more details
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Western Desert may refer to Libyan Desert , located in the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert. It occupies Egypt west of the Nile the Egyptian portion is thus called the Western Desert , eastern Libya and northwestern Sudan alongside the Nubian Desert. Western Desert cultural bloc or just Western Desert is a cultural region in Australia. See also Western Desert Campaign of the World War II Second World War geodis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
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Desert fox may refer to Animals Another name for the Fennec Fox Common name of Vulpes vulpes pusilla , a subspecies of the Red Fox that is found in the vicinity of the Thar Desert . Games The Desert Fox , a 1981 board wargame published in Strategy & Tactics magazine Desert Fox computer game Desert Fox computer game , released by U.S. Gold in 1985 Miscellaneous Desert Fox was the nickname for German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel The Desert Fox , alternate title of The Desert Fox The Story of Rommel , a 1951 movie about Rommel Operation Desert Fox, the bombing of Iraq December 1998 by the Americans and British The Desert Foxes , the nickname for the Algeria national football team disambig bg ko it Volpe del deserto ru zh ... more details
File MojaveDesert.jpg thumb right 380px The Southwest Desert with a Washingtonia filifera native palm oasis in the Colorado Desert region. Desert Magazine 1937 1985 was a monthly regional publication based in the Colorado Desert , in the Coachella Valley town of Palm Desert, California Palm Desert near Palm Springs, California Palm Springs , United States . History Editors Desert Magazine was founded ... name desertblog http desertmagazine.wordpress.com Desert Magazine History . accessed 7 7 2010 ref Publication The magazine focused on the desert country of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico , and covered a broad range of desert subjects including regional travel and exploration ... human interest stories. ref name desertblog http desertmagazine.wordpress.com Desert Magazine History . accessed 7 7 2010 ref Online magazine revival Desert Magazine was revived as a archival Online magazine , the http mydesertmagazine.com Desert Magazine e zine journal , in 2006. It contains all ... Desert Magazine e zine journal . accessed 7 7 2010 ref A blog is also produced about the magazine called the http desertmagazine.wordpress.com Desert Magazine Weblog . ref name desertblog http desertmagazine.wordpress.com Desert Magazine History . accessed 7 7 2010 ref File Joshua tree keys view pano more vertical.jpg thumb center 850px Desert panorama view of Mojave Desert and Joshua Tree National Park . Others Desert Magazine was also the name of a monthly desert lifestyles magazine sent to subscribers to the Palm Springs daily newspaper The Desert Sun circa 2000 2005. ref http www.thedesertsun.com Desert Sun website . accessed 7 7 2010 ref See also Calico Print Desert Rat Scrap Book Jimmy ... Desert Magazine e zine Journal http desertmagazine.wordpress.com Desert Magazine Weblog Deserts Category ... History of the Mojave Desert region Category History of Southern California Category Colorado Desert Category Sonoran Desert Category Chihuahuan Desert Category Media in Riverside County, California ... more details
Merge to Colorado Desert date July 2010 primarily an internal links article currently Unreferenced date October 2007 Image Southern California Desert.jpg thumb right 300px The Low Desert the Colorado Desert near Palm Springs, California . The Low Desert is a common name for one the Deserts of California regional areas, that includes the Colorado Desert and Yuha Desert in the Southern California portion of the Sonoran Desert . It is distinguished in biogeography from the adjacent northern High Desert California High Desert or Mojave Desert by latitude, elevation, climate, and native plant native ... Natural Resources Agency web site ref Communities The cities and towns in the Low Desert include multicol in the Coachella Valley area Palm Springs, California Palm Springs Palm Desert, California Palm Desert Indio, California Indio Indian Wells, California Indian Wells Rancho Mirage, California ..., California Winterhaven Palo Verde, California Palo Verde multicol end Parks Anza Borrego Desert State Park and the Joshua Tree National Park southern portion in Low Desert Salton Sea State Recreation ... Wilderness See also Category Populated places in the Colorado Desert Category Populated places in the Colorado Desert Category Protected areas of the Colorado Desert Category Protected areas of the Colorado Desert Category Wilderness Areas within the Lower Colorado River Valley Category Wilderness Areas within the Lower Colorado River Valley Category Flora of the California desert regions Category Flora of the California desert regions Category Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert Category Mountain ranges of the Colorado Desert Notes references Colorado Desert Region Inland Empire Greater ... Desert Low Category Regions of California Desert Category Deserts of the Lower Colorado River Valley Desert Category Geography of San Bernardino County, California Desert Category Geography of Riverside County, California Desert Category Geography of Imperial County, California Desert Category Geography ... more details
Wiktionary desertDesert can refer to desert Dry terrain , a geographic term for an area that receives little precipitation meteorology precipitation Committing the act of desertion , illegally quitting an army In philosophy , reinforcement reward or punishment earned or deserved, or the deservedness of reward or punishment desert philosophy The Desert , an List of Avatar The Last Airbender episodes episode of Nickelodeon TV channel Nickelodeon s animated series Avatar The Last Airbender . D serts , a musical composition by Edgard Varese. Desert, not to be confused with dessert . disambig eu Desertu hy ja sv F rtj nst olika betydelser ... more details
Infobox fictional location name Deadly Desert colour image imagesize 250px caption source List of Oz books The Oz series creator L. Frank Baum genre Children s books type Magical desert The Deadly Desert is the magical desert that completely surrounds the Land of Oz . On maps, the Eastern quadrant of the desert is called the Deadly Desert , while the other three quadrants of desert are called the Shifting Sands , the Impassable Desert , and the Great Sandy Waste . The desert was originally merely a desert, being as dangerous as any natural desert but no more. Indeed, in The Marvelous Land of Oz , Mombi tries to escape through it and Glinda chases her over the sands, but in Ozma of Oz , it has become a magical desert with life destroying sands, a feature that remained constant through the rest of the series. ref Michael O. Riley, Oz and Beyond The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum , p 139, ISBN 0 7006 0832 X ref Anyone who sets foot into the sand of any of these deserts turns into sand themselves. The desert is used as a literary device to explain why Oz is essentially cut off from the rest ... crossings killings Dorothy Gale is carried over the desert into Oz in her house by a cyclone ... the desert with her whole court by use of an infinitely unrolling carpet. Dorothy Gale, Shaggy Man , and Button Bright cross the desert into Oz by use of a sand ship. The Nome King dug a tunnel underneath the desert. In the film Return to Oz , Dorothy Gale crosses the edge of the Desert by stepping upon stones. In Return to Oz, the pack of Wheelers fail to get across the Deadly Desert in pursuit of Dorothy and her flying sofa who cross the desert to reach the Nome King s mountain. Half of the pack of Wheelers misfortunately fall into the desert and are subsequently turned into sand and killed. The rest of the Wheelers later return with Princess Mombi and cross the desert through the tunnel dug underneath the desert to reach the Nome King s mountain. On his deathbed, L. Frank Baum reportedly ... more details
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