Ustyurt

British

/ usˈtjurt /

noun

an arid plateau in central Asia, between the Caspian and Aral seas in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Area: about 238 000 sq km (92 000 sq miles)

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The latest survey, carried out in April, shows not only a big increase in the total numbers, but that one particular population in Ustyurt in the south of the country, has made a dramatic recovery.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2021

The UK-based non-profit organisation, Fauna & Flora International, has been involved in efforts to protect the Ustyurt population by establishing a new anti-poaching ranger team and using satellite collaring to monitor saiga movements.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2021

Astafyev tells me this while standing in the shallow cell, or kill pit, of a desert kite atop the Ustyurt Plateau.

From National Geographic • Aug. 11, 2016

Kazakh and Uzbek archaeologists say that tens of thousands of migrating saiga trundled across the shared Ustyurt wilderness only 25 years ago.

From National Geographic • Aug. 11, 2016

By contrast, when I walked the Ustyurt Plateau, I spotted only six saiga—a once common steppe antelope—in two months.

From National Geographic • Aug. 11, 2016

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