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Ustyurt

British  
/ usˈtjurt /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Still, echoes of a vanished bounty linger in the unearthly silences of the Ustyurt Plateau.

From National Geographic • Aug. 11, 2016

WATCH: Film by the Saiga Alliance explains more about the desert kites and how people lived side by side with saigas on the Ustyurt plateau.

From National Geographic • Aug. 11, 2016

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