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Aral Karakum

The 36th largest desert in the world

40,000km²

Aral Karakum (Kazakh: Арал қарақұмы / Aral qaraqumy, IPA: [ɑˈrɑɫ qɑˌrɑqʊˈmɤ]; Russian: Приаральские Каракумы, IPA: [prʲɪ(j)ɐˈralʲskʲɪje kərɐˈkumɨ]) is a desert in Kazakhstan, situated northeast of the Aral Sea. Most of the desert territory is located within the Aral and Kazaly districts of the Kyzylorda Region. A small sector is part of the southeastern end of the Aktobe Region and the southwestern fringes of the Karaganda Region.

Location: Kazakhstan.

Desert data from Wikidata (CC0).

Other major deserts

  1. Sahara9,200,000 km²
  2. Gobi Desert2,354,460 km²
  3. Arabian Desert2,330,000 km²
  4. Libyan Desert1,100,000 km²
  5. Kalahari Desert930,000 km²
  6. Rub' al Khali680,000 km²
  7. Kazakh semi-desert678,871 km²
  8. Central Asian northern desert663,900 km²