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Central Asia Syr Darya Syr Darya

Central Asia Syr Darya Amu Darya Syr Darya Amu Darya

Central Asia Aral Sea Syr Darya Amu Darya Syr Darya Amu Darya Aral Sea

Central Asia Syr Darya Amu Darya Aral Sea Caspian Sea Syr Darya

Central Asia Syr Darya Amu Darya Aral Sea Caspian Sea Kara Kum Desert

Central Asia Syr Darya Amu Darya Aral Sea Caspian Sea Kara Kum Desert Tien Shan Mts Amu Darya Caspian Sea Syr Darya Amu Darya Aral Sea Caspian Sea Kara Kum Desert Tien Shan Mts

Central Asia Syr Darya Amu Darya Aral Sea Caspian Sea Kara Kum Desert Tien Shan Mts Amu Darya Hindu Kush Mts Caspian Sea Syr Darya Amu Darya Aral Sea Caspian Sea Kara Kum Desert Tien Shan Mts Hindu Kush Mts

CLIMATE

Central Asia Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan

Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Kazakhstan

Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan

Desertification, the expansion of desert areas by human modification - has both supporters and detractors. Irrigation caused desertification of the Aral Sea in Central Asia when water from inflowing rivers was diverted. Agriculture, cotton and fruits

Aral Sea Contraction

Political Economic Cultural Physical Population Former Soviet Union Soviet divide and conquer strategy Strongman Economic Primary economic activities Caspian Sea Oil Agriculture – cotton, fruits, and subsistence farming Cultural Religion - Sunni Islam (Russified or secular) Language – lingua franca of Russian Women's rights Physical Population

Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov President 1991-2006 Turkmenbashi, or Father of the Turkmen Mr Niyazov, who was made president for life in 1999, spent large sums of public money on numerous grandiose projects, but not on social welfare. Turkmens were even expected to take spiritual guidance from his book, Ruhnama, a collection of thoughts on Turkmen culture and history. Turkmenistan is the most ethnically homogeneous of the Central Asian republics