Kara Kum

Ka·ra Kum

 (kär′ə ko͞om′)

A desert region of Turkmenistan between the Caspian Sea and the Amu Darya.

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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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Ka•ra Kum

(ˌkær ə ˈkum, ˈkʊm, ˌkɑr ə)
n.

a desert S of the Aral Sea, largely in Turkmenistan. ab. 110,000 sq. mi. (284,900 sq. km).

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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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