Karakum Desert: References & Edit History
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Sources in English on the Karakum are scarce. The features of the Karakum are discussed in V.N. Kunin (ed.), Ocherki prirody Kara-Kumov (1955); and A. Arnagel’dyev and V.I. Kostiukovskiě, Pustynia Karakumy: priroda i chelovek, ed. by A.G. Babaev (1985), on the natural environment and the place of humans in it; and Ekosistemy Karakumov, ed. by A.G. Babaev (1988), on the general ecology of the desert. Only brief surveys are available in English translation: S. Tatur, From the Great Fergana to the Kara-Kum Canal (1976), on the development of water resources; and B. Ovezov, The Kara Kum in Flower, trans. from Russian (1967), on socioeconomic conditions in the area. A useful overview of the hydrology and water management problems is Sarah L. O’Hara and Tim Hannan, “Irrigation and Water Management in Turkmenistan: Past Systems, Present Problems, and Future Scenarios,” Europe–Asia Studies, 51(1): 21–42 (January 1999).
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
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Boris Aleksandrovich Fedorovich
Senior Scientist, Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow.
- Agadjan G. Babaev
- Lewis Owen
Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors
Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Lonely Planet - Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan. | Feb 23, 2018 | ||
| Added a map that depicts the extent of the Karakum Desert. | Oct 12, 2017 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Oct 12, 2017 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 12, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan. | Jun 11, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turkmenistan - The golden age - The Karakum Desert. | Jul 27, 2010 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 11, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |