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Aralkum
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desert on the seabed once occupied by the Aral Sea
Key facts
- Countries
- Uzbekistan Kazakhstan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- desert
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Area
- 38000
- Image
- Aralsea tmo 2014231 lrg.jpg
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- Aral Sea
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Encyclopedic overview
The Aralkum Desert (Uzbek: Orolqum choʻli, Оролқум чўли, Kazakh: Аралқұм шөлі, Russian: Пустыня Аралкум) is a desert that has appeared since 1960 on the seabed once occupied by the Aral Sea. It lies to the south and east of what remains of the Eastern Basin Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It is currently the youngest desert in the world.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aralkum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.