for the desert in Kazakhstan Aral Karakum distinguish Karakorum Karakoram 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 ... eb article 9110529 KarakumDesert title KarakumDesert Britannica Online Encyclopedia publisher ... 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 ... Entrance to Hell http www.youtube.com user anastasis03 p a u 0 0LMvFI8gPAU Gonur Depe site in the KarakumDesert http blacksandsfilm.wordpress.com the karakumdesert photos and about the KarakumDesert ... comes maybe once a decade. 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 seabed, with an estimated area of 15,440 sq mi 40,000 km . Although ... Aral Sea is currently rising, the South Aral Sea is still dropping, thus expanding the size of the desert ... Karakum are made up of a salt marsh consisting of finely dispersed evaporite s and remnants .... The desert is crossed by the second largest irrigation canal in the world, the Kara Kum Canal ... has caused widespread soil salination ... Archaeology Within the Karakum are the Bolshoi Big ... Category Ergs ar az Qaraqum s hras bg bs Pustinja Karakum ca Karakum cs Karakum da Karakum de Karakum et Karakum T rkmenistan es Desierto de Karakum eo Karakumo eu Karakum fa fr D sert du Karakoum fy Karakum gd Karakum ko hi hr Karakum it Deserto del Karakum he ka kk lbe lt Karakumai nl Karakum ja ... 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 kk no Aral Karakum nn Aralsk Karakum pl Ara mangy Karakumy 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 transport stub ru ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name This Desert Type EP Artist The Hundred in the Hands Cover The Hundred in the Hands This Desert.jpg Released 17 May 2010 ref cite web url http thehundredinthehands.com discography title Discography The Hundred In The Hands publisher Thehundredinthehands.com date 2010 01 22 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref Recorded Genre Electropop , dream pop Length 22 31 Label Warp Records Producer The Hundred in the Hands Last album This album This Desert br 2010 Next album The Hundred in the Hands album The Hundred in the Hands br 2010 Album ratings rev1 Drowned in Sound rev1Score Rating 8 10 ref cite web last Ashman first Neil url http drownedinsound.com releases 15383 reviews 4139968 title The Hundred in the Hand This Desert Releases Releases Drowned In Sound publisher Drownedinsound.com date 2010 05 14 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref rev2 PopMatters rev2Score Rating 8 10 ref cite web last Hart first Ron url http www.popmatters.com pm review 128687 the hundred in the hands this desert ep warp title The Hundred in the Hands This Desert EP PopMatters publisher Popmatters.com date accessdate 2012 03 12 ref rev3 Allmusic rev3Score Rating 3.5 5 ref cite web url http www.allmusic.com album r1746418 title This Desert The Hundred in the Hands publisher AllMusic date 2010 05 18 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref This Desert is the debut extended play EP by electropop duo The Hundred in the Hands . It was released in 18 May 2010 on Warp Records . The band member Jason Friedman said as we finished the EP and album, we saw that we had two different sounds. The EP is more washed out with reverb and delays, and the album is crisper and more immediate, like Dresden . ref cite web url http www.spinner.com 2010 05 24 hundred in the hands crisper debut lp title The Hundred in the Hands Get Crisper on Debut LP publisher Spinner date 2010 05 24 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref Track listing Building in L.O.V.E. 3 28 Tom Tom 3 40 Ghosts 3 50 Sleepwalkers 3 54 In To It 4 05 It s Only ... more details
thumb Makhtesh Ramon , Negev desert, Israel A desert is a landscape or region that receives ... eb article 70815 desert title desert accessdate 28 August 2011 work Encyclop dia Britannica online ref ref name usgs cite web url http pubs.usgs.gov gip deserts what title What is a desert ... climate classification system, deserts are classed as BWh hot desert or BWk temperate desert . In the Thornthwaite ... of what a desert is because being arid also depends on evaporation, which depends in part on temperature ... per year, and is immediately recognized as being located in a desert due to its arid adapted plants ... 10 in of precipitation per year and is often classified as a cold desert. ref name WalterBreckle2002 ... Workshop on Polar Desert Ecosystems Christchurch, New Zealand, 1 4 July 1996 url http ... supplements the measurement of rainfall in providing a scientific measurement based definition of a desert ... desert regions on Earth into three categories according to the amount of precipitation they received ... as trade wind, mid latitude, rain shadow, coastal, monsoon, or polar desert s. Former desert ... in a desert. The air then warms, expands, and blows across the desert. The warm, desiccated air takes with it any remaining moisture in the desert. Etymology File D sert du Thar.jpg thumb right The Thar Desert near Jaisalmer , India . File Q8desert.jpg thumb left Desert in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait Al Ahmadi , Kuwait English desert and its Romance languages Romance cognates including Italian language ... desert can cause confusion. In English prior to the 20th century, desert was often used in the sense ... used in its climate science sense an area of low precipitation and a desert may be quite heavily populated, with millions of inhabitants. Phrases such as desert island and Great American Desert in previous ... desert in western Libya , part of the Sahara . Geography File Sahara satellite hires.jpg thumb A satellite image of the Sahara , the world s largest hot desert. File AntarcticaDomeCSnow.jpg thumb The snow ... more details
California desert may refer to Deserts of California High Desert California Low Desert Mojave Desert Death Valley Sonoran Desert Colorado Desert External links http www.ceres.ca.gov ceres calweb deserts.html Ceres.ca.gov disambig ... more details
Desert Shore or Desert Shores may refer to Desert Shores, California Desert Shores, Las Vegas , Nevada Desertshore , an album by Nico dab Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Red Desert may refer to Red Desert film , a 1964 Italian Film Red Desert Wyoming , a 6 million acre 24,000 km high altitude desert in Wyoming disambig ... more details
Desert Valley may refer to a valley in the desert Places Desert Valley Hospital Indus Valley Desert Virgin Valley Heritage Museum , formerly known as the Desert Valley Museum Organizations Desert Valley Charitable Foundation Desert Valley Elementary School. See Peoria Unified School District American Free Journal Desert Valley Star , an independent alternative weekly newspaper Sports Desert Valley League Desert Valley Mountain Lions disambig ... more details
disambig Desert rock can refer to Palm Desert Scene , a music culture in Southern California Dubai Desert Rock Festival Desert Rock exercises , a series of exercises conducted by the U.S. military in conjunction with atmospheric nuclear tests Camp Desert Rock , a former staging base for troops participating in the Desert Rock exercises Desert Rock Airport Mt. Desert Rock, an List of islands of Maine island of Maine home to the Mount Desert Light lighthouse Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
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 coord missing Angola DEFAULTSORT Mocamedes Desert Category Deserts of Africa Angola geo stub pt Deserto de Mo medes ... more details
Desert Hills may refer to Desert Hills, Arizona , a census designated place in Mohave County, Arizona Desert Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona , an unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona Desert Hills Nevada , a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada Related names include Desert Hills High School Utah Desert Hills High School , a high school in St. George, Utah Desert Mountains , a mountain range in Lyon and Churchill Counties, Nevada Desert Range , a mountain range in Clark County, Nevada disambig ... more details
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 ... more details
The Desert Warbler is a former bird species, which has now been divided into two species African Desert Warbler Sylvia deserti Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana disambig ... more details
Desert War may refer to Desert warfare Desert War horse , an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse North African Campaign , during the Second World War disambig ... more details
Desert festival may refer to Burning Man in the United States Dubai Desert Rock Festival in the United Arab Emirates Festival in the Desert in Mali International Festival of the Sahara in Tunisia disambig ... more details
Tule Desert may refer to Tule Desert Arizona Tule Desert Nevada geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages pt Deserto de Tule ... more details
Desert Spring may refer to Desert Spring, California , a former settlement in Kern County, California Operation Desert Spring , an operation in Kuwait by the United States disambiguation ... more details
Painted Desert may refer to In places Painted Desert, Arizona , an area of badlands in the southwestern United States Painted Desert South Australia , a mountainous area in south central Australia Painted Desert, Las Vegas, Nevada , a neighborhood in Las Vegas Valley Some Las Vegas neighborhoods Las Vegas , Nevada, US In entertainment The Painted Desert , a 1931 film starring Clark Gable The Painted Desert Pat Benatar song The Painted Desert Pat Benatar song , a 1985 single by Pat Benatar from her 1984 album Tropico album Tropico The Painted Desert , a song by 10,000 Maniacs from their 1987 album In My Tribe Painted Desert Serenade , a 1993 album by Joshua Kadison disambig fr Painted Desert homonymie gd F sach dathte it Painted Desert ka ... more details
High desert refers to inland high elevation deserts of the American West , the Middle East , and other parts of the world. Examples of high deserts in North America include the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert . Places High Desert, Albuquerque, New Mexico , a development in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States High Desert California , an area encompassing north Los Angeles County, north San Bernardino County, and Kern County, California, in the United States High Desert Oregon , an area in Eastern Oregon, United States Other High Desert Investment Corporation , the company that developed High Desert, New Mexico 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
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
Desert rose might refer to Desert rose crystal , a rosette formation of gypsum and barite with sand inclusions Desert rose or Adenium , a flowering plant in tropical Africa and Arabia Desert Rose Sting song Desert Rose Sting song , a song on Sting s 1999 album Brand New Day Desert Rose Eric Johnson song Desert Rose Eric Johnson song , a song on Eric Johnson s 1990 album Ah Via Musicom The Desert Rose Band , a country rock band founded by Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, and John Jorgenson Desert Rose, a pattern of Franciscan Ceramics dinnerware Desert Rose , a biography of Coretta Scott King written by her sister Edythe Scott Bagley disambiguation ... more details
Desert Strike may refer to Desert Strike Return to the Gulf , a 1992 video game, first in the Strike series of shooters Operation Desert Strike , a 1996 series of cruise missile strikes on Iraq by the United States also a 1964 large scale U.S. Army training exercise in southern California disambig de Desert Strike ... more details
Desert Heat may refer to Desert Heat band , country music band from Quebec Desert Heat film , movie 1999 directed by John G. Avildsen. Film also known as Inferno Desert Heat hip hop , a United Arab Emirates hip hop band disambig ... more details
unreferenced date April 2012 The Djurab Desert is a desert in Northern Chad . Many fossils have been in the desert, including a hominid that was nicknamed Toumai . It was later ruled to be a small ape . Kossom Bougoudi and Toros Menalla are some of the most bountiful fossil bearing areas in the desert. Deserts Category Deserts of Africa Category Geography of Chad chad geo stub ... more details
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