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Kara

(Encyclopedia) KaraKarakärˈə [key], river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between…

Kara Kum

(Encyclopedia) Kara KumKara Kumkärˌə k&oobreve;mˈ [key], two deserts, one in Kazakhstan and one in Turkmenistan. The Caspian Kara Kum or Garagum, the larger desert (c.115,000 sq mi/297,900 sq km…

Aral Kara Kum

(Encyclopedia) Aral Kara Kum, desert, Kazakhstan: see Kara Kum.

Mustafa

(Encyclopedia) Mustafa or Kara MustafaKara Mustafakäräˈ [key]Kara Mustafa m&oobreve;stäfäˈ [key] [Turk. kara=black], d. 1683, Turkish grand vizier (chief executive officer) under Sultan Muhammad…

Kara-Kul

(Encyclopedia) Kara-KulKara-Kulkäˌrə-k&oomacr;l [key], mountain lake, c.140 sq mi (360 sq km), Gorno-Badakhshan, E Tajikistan, in the Pamir, near the Chinese border. It is c.12,840 ft (3,900 m)…

Kara Sea

(Encyclopedia) Kara SeaKara Seakärˈə [key], Rus. Karskoye More, shallow section of the Arctic Ocean, off N Russia, between Severnaya Zemlya and Novaya Zemlya. It has an average depth of 420 ft (128 m…

Kara Irtysh

(Encyclopedia) Kara Irtysh: see Irtysh, river.

Turan

(Encyclopedia) TuranTurant&oomacr;ränˈ [key], desert lowland, shared by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, S and E of the Aral Sea. The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers divide it into the…