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Encyclopedia > Karakum
For the desert in Kazakhstan, see Aral Karakum.

The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara Gum (“Black Sand”) (Turkmen: Garagum, Russian: Karakumy) is a desert in Central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent, or 350,000 km², of the area of Turkmenistan.

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Location

It lies east of the Caspian Sea, with the Aral Sea to the north and the Amu Darya river and Qyzyl-Qum desert to the northeast.


Hydrography

The Murghab and Tejen rivers flow out of the Hindu Kush Mountains to the south and empty into the desert, providing water for irrigation.


The desert is crossed by the largest irrigation canal in the world, the Qara-Qum Canal. The canal was started in 1954, is 1,375 km in length, and carries 13 km³ of water annually. Unfortunately, leakages from the canal have created lakes and ponds along the canal and the rise in groundwater has caused widespread salinization.


Economy and resources

The oases of Mary and Tejen are noted for cotton growing.


The area has significant oil and natural gas deposits.


Transportation

The desert is crossed by the Trans-Caspian railway.


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Karakum - Wikipedia (460 words)
Karakum ist auch die Bezeichnung eines Wüstengebiets nordöstlich des Aral-Sees, siehe Aral-Kara-Kum
Die Karakum war einst Heimat einer frühzeitlichen Hochkultur, die bislang nur als Oasenkultur bekannt ist.
Aufgrund der kontinentalen Lage ist die Karakum extrem trocken.
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Die Karakum nimmt etwa 90% der Fläche Turkmenistans ein und hat eine Größe von 300.000 km².
Aus klimatischen Gründen findet sich in der Karakum allenfalls Steppenvegetation mit verschiedenen Grasarten, denn die hohen Sommertemperaturen und die kalten Winter erlauben auch bei den Frühjahrsregen keine dauernde höhere Vegetation.
In der Karakum finden sich bedeutende Erdöl- und Erdgasvorkommen.
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