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Barsuki Desert
Desert region of Kazakhstan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Barsuki Desert is a desert zone in the Aktobe and Kyzylorda regions of Kazakhstan. It has two parts, the Greater Barsuki (Kazakh: Үлкен Борсық; Russian: Большие Барсуки) in the west and the Lesser Barsuki (Kazakh: Кіші Борсық; Russian: Малые Барсуки) in the east. They are elongated strips of sand desert parallel to each other and separated by a roughly 65 kilometers (40 mi) wide stretch of non-desert terrain.[1]
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Barsuki Desert
Үлкен Борсық, Кіші Борсық Большие Барсуки, Малые Барсуки | |
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Desert | |
![]() Sand dune stabilization in the Barsuki Desert | |
![]() Greater and Lesser Barsuki NASA picture | |
Coordinates: 47°47′N 59°42′E | |
Location | Kazakhstan |
Part of | Turgay Depression |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 120 kilometers (75 mi) and 80 kilometers (50 mi) |
• Width | 20 kilometers (12 mi) and 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) |
Elevation | 100 meters (330 ft) |
Highest elevation | 213 meters (699 ft) |
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The sands of the deserts are the result of the weathering of Paleogene rocks; only the northern section of the Greater Barsuki was formed from more recent alluvial deposits.[1]