Ustyurt Plateau

Ustyurt
Turkmen: Üstyurt
Kazakh: Үстірт
Uzbek: Ustyurt
Karakalpak: Ústirt
Ustyurt desert road
Ustyurt desert road
Map of the Ustyurt Plateau
Map of the Ustyurt Plateau
Coordinates: 43°17′N 55°33′E / 43.283°N 55.550°E / 43.283; 55.550
LocationKazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Area
 • Total200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)
Elevation160 meters (520 ft) to 200 meters (660 ft)

The Ustyurt or Ust-Yurt (from Kazakh: Үстірт; Uzbek: Ustyurt; Turkmen: Üstyurt; Karakalpak: Ústirt — flat hill, plateau) is a transboundary clay desert shared by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.[1]

The plateau's semi-nomadic population raises camels, goats, and sheep.

  1. ^ Gritsina, M. (2019). "The Caracal Caracal caracal Schreber, 1776 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Uzbekistan". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 11 (4): 13470–13477. doi:10.11609/jott.4375.11.4.13470-13477.