Kyzyl Kum

American

[ki-zil koom, koom] / kɪˈzɪl ˈkum, ˈkʊm /

Also Kizil Kum,

noun

a desert in S Asia, SE of the Aral Sea, in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. About 90,000 sq. mi. (233,100 sq. km).

Kyzyl Kum British

/ kiˈzil ˈkum /

noun

a desert in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

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Examining terrain from Central Asia's Kyzyl Kum to the great deserts of the American Southwest, Wagner traces the origin of such wastelands and watches the life that inhabits them.

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