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Kyzyl Kum
The Kyzyl Kum ((ウズベク語:Qizilqum), (カザフ語:Қызылқұм)), also called Qyzylqum, is the 16th largest desert in the world. Its name means ''Red Sand'' in Turkic languages. It is located in Central Asia in the doab between the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya, a region historically known as Transoxania or Sogdiana.〔Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present, Paula L.W. Sabloff, P.62〕 Today it is divided between Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and (partly) Turkmenistan. It covers about .
==Geography==
The territory consists mainly of an extensive plain at an altitude up to above sea level, with a number of depressions and highlands (Sultanuizdag, Bukantau). Most of the area is covered with sand dunes (barchans); in the northwest large areas are covered with takirs (clay coatings); there are also some oases. There are agricultural settlements along the rivers and in the oases. Temperatures can be very high during the summer months, from mid-May to mid-September. Kerki, one extreme inland city located on the banks of the Amu Darya River, recorded in July 1983.
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