Which country's people live in oases in and around the kara-kum?

The Karakum, or "black sand" desert covers 70 percent of the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan. Population is sparse there, with only one person per 2.5 miles, and rain might come once in a decade.

1. What country is the Kara Kum in?
2. In which country Kyzyl Kum Desert is located?
3. What countries border Turkmenistan?
4. What country is Turkmenistan in?
5. What desert covers half of Uzbekistan?
6. Where is Gobi Desert located?
7. Where is the Arabian desert located?
8. Where is Taklamakan desert located?
9. Is Kyrgyzstan in Europe?
10. Was Turkmenistan part of Persia?
11. Was Turkmenistan part of the Ottoman Empire?
12. Is Turkmenistan a rich or poor country?

What country is the Kara Kum in?

Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum, Turkmen Garagum or Gara Gum (“Black Sand”), Russian Karakumy, great sandy region in Central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent of the area of Turkmenistan. Another, smaller desert in Kazakhstan near the Aral Sea is called the Aral Karakum.

In which country Kyzyl Kum Desert is located?

Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbek Qizilqum, Kazak Qyzylqum (“Red Sand”), desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It has an area of about 115,000 square miles (about 300,000 square km) and lies between two rivers—the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya—southeast of the Aral Sea.

What countries border Turkmenistan?

Turkmenistan is located in the southwest of the Central Asia region. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south, and the Caspian Sea to the west.

What country is Turkmenistan in?

A virtual guide to Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, south of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and north of Iran and Afghanistan.

What desert covers half of Uzbekistan?

The vast Qizilqum (Turkic for "red sand"—Russian spelling Kyzyl Kum) Desert, shared with southern Kazakhstan, dominates the northern lowland portion of Uzbekistan.

Where is Gobi Desert located?

The Gobi Desert cuts across both Mongolia and northern China. Location of the Gobi Desert: Mongolia is a country north of China. It has a rapidly changing economy.

Where is the Arabian desert located?

Arabian Desert, Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq km), occupying nearly the entire peninsula. It lies largely within Saudi Arabia but large portions extend into Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen.

Where is Taklamakan desert located?

The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China is a vast region of sand desert sitting in a depression between two high, rugged mountain ranges. Rolling sand dunes stretch out over several hundred thousand square miles in the Xinjiang Region of China.

Is Kyrgyzstan in Europe?

Kyrgyzstan, country of Central Asia. It is bounded by Kazakhstan on the northwest and north, by China on the east and south, and by Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the south and west.

Was Turkmenistan part of Persia?

Most of present Turkmenistan was divided between Khanates of Khiva and Bukhara except southernmost parts were handed to Persia. Nader, Shah of Persia, conquered it in 1740 but after him assassination in 1747, Turkmen lands were recaptured by Uzbek khanates of Khiva and Bukhara.

Was Turkmenistan part of the Ottoman Empire?

Other Oguz Turks moved to Asia Minor, where they would eventually establish the Ottoman Empire in what is now Turkey. The Seljuk Empire collapsed in 1157. Turkmenistan was then ruled by the Khans of Khiva for about 70 years, until the arrival of Genghis Khan.

Is Turkmenistan a rich or poor country?

Turkmenistan was the poorest nation during the USSR. Today, the country's GDP per capita is $6,587 and 10 percent of 5.8 million Turkmen live in extreme poverty.