Barsuki Desert
Үлкен Борсық, Кіші Борсық Большие Барсуки, Малые Барсуки | |
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Desert | |
 Sand dune stabilization in the Barsuki Desert | |
 Greater and Lesser Barsuki NASA picture | |
  Barsuki Desert | |
| Coordinates: 47°47′N 59°42′E / 47.783°N 59.700°E | |
| Location | Kazakhstan |
| Part of | Turgay Depression |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 120 kilometers (75 mi) and 80 kilometers (50 mi) |
| • Width | 20 kilometers (12 mi) and 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) |
| Elevation | 100 meters (330 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 213 meters (699 ft) |
The Barsuki Desert is a desert zone in the Aktobe and Kyzylorda regions of Kazakhstan. It has two parts, the Greater Barsuki (Kazakh: Үлкен Борсық; Russian: Большие Барсуки) in the west and the Lesser Barsuki (Kazakh: Кіші Борсық; Russian: Малые Барсуки) in the east. They are elongated strips of sand desert parallel to each other and separated by a roughly 65 kilometers (40 mi) wide stretch of non-desert terrain.[1]
The sands of the deserts are the result of the weathering of Paleogene rocks; only the northern section of the Greater Barsuki was formed from more recent alluvial deposits.[1]
- ^ a b Барсуки Большие и Малые; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)