Turan Lowland

E804178
geographical region lowland plain

The Turan Lowland is a vast arid plain in Central Asia spanning parts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan, characterized by deserts, salt flats, and steppe landscapes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Turan Lowland canonical 2
Central Asia internal drainage system 1
Greater Turan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
lowland ⓘ
plain ⓘ
borderedBy Aral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caspian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakh Uplands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kopet Dag NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pamirs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tien Shan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ustyurt Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy arid climate ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ
playas ⓘ
salt flats ⓘ
steppe landscapes ⓘ
climateType continental ⓘ
desert ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Kazakhstan ⓘ
Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainageBasinOf Amu Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syr Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity cotton cultivation ⓘ
hydrocarbon extraction ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
elevationRange below sea level to about 200 metres ⓘ
geologicalEra Cenozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalOrigin sedimentary basin ⓘ
hasPart Karakum Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kyzylkum Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ustyurt Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Aral Sea environmental crisis ⓘ
desertification ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
languageRegion Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
majorRiver Amu Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syr Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Turan Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkestan NERFINISHED ⓘ
soilType saline soils ⓘ
sandy soils ⓘ
surfaceFeature aeolian dunes ⓘ
alluvial plains ⓘ
salt pans ⓘ
typicalVegetation desert shrubs ⓘ
semi-desert grasses ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkmenistan lowlands → partOf → Turan Lowland ⓘ
Aral Sea Basin → containsPlain → Turan Lowland ⓘ
southern Turkmenistan → partOfHistoricalRegion → Turan Lowland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Turan
Manas Lake → partOf → Turan Lowland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Asia internal drainage system