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Ryn Desert

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Also known as Naryn Qum

desert

Key facts

Total
40,000 km (15,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation
100 meters (330 ft)
Surface elevation
−20 m (−66 ft)

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Encyclopedic overview

The Ryn Desert or Ryn-Peski Desert (Kazakh: Нарын құмы, Naryn-Qūmy; Russian: Рын-пески) is a desert in western Kazakhstan and Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ryn Desert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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