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Middle Asia

region, Asia
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  • A map of the continent of Asia, including its countries, boundaries, and capital cities, as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and surrounding oceans.
    Asia
    / Middle Asia

    Middle Asia includes the plains and hills lying between the Caspian Sea to the west and Lake Balkhash to the east. That area is composed of flat plains on continental platforms of folded Paleozoic and Mesozoic bedrock. Individual uplifted portions form low, rounded…

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    Middle Asia includes the plains and hills lying between the Caspian Sea to the west and Lake Balkhash to the east. That area is composed of flat plains on continental platforms of folded Paleozoic and Mesozoic bedrock. Individual uplifted portions form low, rounded…

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