Greater Barsuki Desert

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Greater Barsuki Desert

desert, Kazakhstan

Also known as: Bolshiye Barsuki Desert

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…amounts of sand form the Greater Barsuki (Barsyq) and Aral Karakum deserts near the Aral Sea, the broad Betpaqdala Desert of the interior, and the Moiynqūm (Muyunkum) and Qyzylkūm (Kyzylkum) deserts in the south. Most of these desert regions support slight vegetative cover fed by subterranean groundwater.
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…amounts of sand form the Greater Barsuki (Barsyq) and Aral Karakum deserts near the Aral Sea, the broad Betpaqdala Desert of the interior, and the Moiynqūm (Muyunkum) and Qyzylkūm (Kyzylkum) deserts in the south. Most of these desert regions support slight vegetative cover fed by subterranean groundwater.
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