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Kara Kum
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Ka·ra Kum  (kär km)
A desert region of Turkmenistan between the Caspian Sea and the Amu Darya.
Kara Kum (Russian) [kəra ˈkum]
n
(Placename) a desert in Turkmenistan, covering most of the country: extensive areas now irrigated. Area: about 300 000 sq. km (120 000 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Kara Kum - a desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea
Qara Qum, Turkestan Desert
Turkmenia, Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen - a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
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