Betpak-Dala, the Glossary
Betpak-Dala or Betpaqdala (Бетпақдала, Betpaqdala; from Turkic batpak, “swampy,” or Persian bedbaht, “unlucky” and Turkic dala, “plain”; Russian: Бетпак-Дала or Сeверная Голодная степь, lit. Hungry Steppe) is a desert zone in the Ulytau, Karaganda, Turkestan and Zhambyl regions, Kazakhstan.[1]
Table of Contents
33 relations: Arys (lake), Ashchykol Depression, Buralkynyn Tuzy, Caragana arborescens, Chu (river), Clay mineral, Epizootic, Geography of Kazakhstan, Jambyl Region, Jamie Maddison, Karaganda Region, Karakoin, Kazakh Uplands, Kazakhstan, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, Kyzylbelen, Lake Balkhash, Mesozoic, Mirzachoʻl, Paleogene, Paleozoic, Pasteurellosis, Russian language, Saiga antelope, Salsola, Sarysu (river), Solonchak, Solonetz, Sor (geomorphology), Turkistan Region, Ulytau Region, Yury Osipov, Zheltau (Jambyl Region).
- Deserts of Central Asia
- Deserts of Kazakhstan
- Jambyl Region
- Karaganda Region
- Natural regions of Asia
- Turkistan Region
- Ulytau Region
Arys (lake)
Arys (Арыс; Арыс), is a salt lake in Syrdariya District, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala and Arys (lake) are Kazakhstan geography stubs.
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Ashchykol Depression
The Ashchykol Depression (Ащыкөл ойпаты; Ащыкольская впадина), is a depression in the Turkistan and Kyzylorda regions, Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala and Ashchykol Depression are Turkistan Region.
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Buralkynyn Tuzy
Buralkynyn Tuzy (Бұралқының тұзы; Буралкынынтузы) is a salt lake in Sarysu District, Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala and Buralkynyn Tuzy are Jambyl Region.
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Caragana arborescens
Caragana arborescens, the Siberian peashrub, Siberian pea-tree, or caragana, is a species of legume native to Siberia and parts of China (Heilongjiang, Xinjiang) and neighboring Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
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Chu (river)
The Chu is a river in Northern Kyrgyzstan and Southern Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala and Chu (river) are Jambyl Region.
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Clay mineral
Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline earths, and other cations found on or near some planetary surfaces.
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Epizootic
In epizoology, an epizootic (or epizoötic, from Greek: epi- "upon" + zoon "animal") is a disease event in a nonhuman animal population analogous to an epidemic in humans.
Geography of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia (with 4% of the country (108,996 km2) in Eastern Europe).
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Jambyl Region
Jambyl or Zhambyl Region (translit; Zhambylskaya oblast), formerly known as Dzhambul Region (Dzhambulskaya Oblast) until 1991, is a region of Kazakhstan.
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Jamie Maddison
James Benjamin Maddison (born 9 July 1988), formerly known as Jamie Bunchuk, is an English explorer, equestrian Long Rider (assoc.) and an editor of Sidetracked magazine.
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Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region (Qarağandy oblysy, Карагандинская область) is a region of Kazakhstan.
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Karakoin
Karakoin (Қарақойын; Каракоин) is a salt lake in Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala and Karakoin are Kazakhstan geography stubs and Ulytau Region.
Kazakh Uplands
The Kazakh Uplands (Сарыарқа, Saryarqa - "Yellow Ridge", Казахский мелкосопочник, Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik), also known as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation extending throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala and Kazakh Uplands are Karaganda Region and Kazakhstan geography stubs.
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.
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Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, the Pamirian winterfat, is a plant species native to Central Europe and Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.
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Kyzylbelen
Kyzylbelen (Қызылбелен; гора Кызылбелен) is a mountain in Moiynkum District, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan.
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Lake Balkhash
Lake Balkhash (Балқаш көлі, Balqaş kölı,; ozero Balkhash) is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world.
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Mesozoic
The Mesozoic Era is the penultimate era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about, comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.
Mirzachoʻl
Mirzachoʻl (lit) is a loess plain of some 10,000 km2 on the left bank of Syr Darya in Uzbekistan, extending from the mouth of Ferghana Valley on the border with Tajikistan to the east across Sirdaryo Region and the northern part of Jizzakh Region to the west. Betpak-Dala and Mirzachoʻl are deserts of Central Asia.
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Paleogene
The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.
Paleozoic
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
Pasteurellosis
Pasteurellosis is an infection with a species of the bacterial genus Pasteurella, which is found in humans and other animals.
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Russian language
Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.
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Saiga antelope
The saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica), or saiga, is a species of antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe, spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucasus in the southwest into Mongolia in the northeast and Dzungaria in the southeast.
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Salsola
Salsola is a genus of the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae.
Sarysu (river)
The Sarysu (Сарысу, Sarysu; Сарысу́, Sarysu) is a river in Karaganda, Turkistan and Kyzylorda Regions of Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala and Sarysu (river) are Kazakhstan geography stubs.
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Solonchak
Solonchak (Russian and Ukrainian: Солончак) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB).
Solonetz
Solonetz (Солонець, p) is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB).
Sor (geomorphology)
A sor (сор; шор) is a closed drainless depression characteristic of the Central Asian deserts, found especially in Kazakhstan.
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Turkistan Region
Turkistan Region, formerly South Kazakhstan Region (translit) (Южно-Казахстанская область) from 1992 to 2018 and Chimkent Region (Чимкентская область.) from 1963 to 1991 is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan.
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Ulytau Region
Ulytau Region is a region of Kazakhstan.
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Yury Osipov
Yury Sergeyevich Osipov (Ю́рий Серге́евич О́сипов; born 7 July 1936) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician.
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Zheltau (Jambyl Region)
Zheltau (Желтау) is an elongated upland located in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala and Zheltau (Jambyl Region) are Jambyl Region.
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See also
Deserts of Central Asia
- Aral Karakum Desert
- Aralkum Desert
- Barsuki Desert
- Betpak-Dala
- Central Asian northern desert
- Karagiye
- Karakum Desert
- Kazakh semi-desert
- Kyzylkum Desert
- Mirzachoʻl
- Moiynkum Desert
- Ryn Desert
- Saryesik-Atyrau Desert
- Taukum
Deserts of Kazakhstan
- Aral Karakum Desert
- Aralkum Desert
- Barsuki Desert
- Betpak-Dala
- Central Asian northern desert
- Karagiye
- Karakum Desert
- Kazakh semi-desert
- Kyzylkum Desert
- Moiynkum Desert
- Ryn Desert
- Saryesik-Atyrau Desert
- Taukum
Jambyl Region
- Aisha Bibi
- Aitau
- Akzhar
- Ashchykol, Jambyl Region
- Bayzak District
- Betpak-Dala
- Bilikol
- Buralkynyn Tuzy
- Chüy Valley
- Chu (river)
- Itishpes
- Jambyl District, Jambyl
- Jambyl Region
- Jambyl Regional Mäslihat
- Jualy District
- Kamkalykol
- Karakol (Chu basin)
- Kashkanteniz
- Khantau
- Kokuydynkol
- Korday District
- Kyrshabakty
- Lake Akkol
- Maizharylgan
- Merki District
- Moiynkum Desert
- Moiynkum District
- Otar Military Base
- Sarysu District
- Shabakty
- Shu District
- Sorasha
- Sorkol (Chu basin)
- Talas District, Kazakhstan
- Talas River
- Turar Ryskulov District
- Ulken Kamkaly
- Ushbas
- Zhalanash (lake)
- Zhambyl (mountain)
- Zheltau (Jambyl Region)
- Zhusandala Plain
Karaganda Region
- Abay District, Karaganda Region
- Akbastau
- Aktogay District, Karaganda Region
- Ashchysu (Ayr)
- Ashchysu (Nura)
- Atasu (river)
- Baikonyr
- Balkhash Radar Station
- Balyktykol (Karasor Basin)
- Barrows of Tasmola
- Betpak-Dala
- Botakara (lake)
- Bukhar-Zhyrau District
- Kalmakkyrgan
- Karaganda Region
- Karkaraly District
- Karlag
- Katynkol
- Kazakh Uplands
- Kiyakty
- Koktinkoli
- Kulanotpes
- Kypshak
- Kyzylarai
- Nura District
- Olenti (Auliekol)
- Rudnichnoye
- Sary Shagan
- Sarybel District
- Saumalkol (Karasor Basin)
- Saumalkol, Bukhar-Zhyrau District
- Saumalkol, N Karkaraly District
- Sherubainura
- Shet District
- Shoshkakol
- Shubarteniz
- Shybyndy
- Sokyr
- Sonaly
- Tundik
- Ulken Kundyzdy
- Zhaman Sarysu
- Zheltau (massif)
- Zhymyky
Natural regions of Asia
- Betpak-Dala
- Chota Nagpur Plateau
- Coromandel Coast
- Deccan Plateau
- Doab
- Kabaw Valley
- Khorat Plateau
- Malwa
- Sundarbans
- Thai highlands
- Tondaimandalam
- Wa States
- Xiangkhoang Plateau
Turkistan Region
- 2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash
- Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve
- Akzhar
- Akzhaykyn
- Ashchykol
- Ashchykol Depression
- Baydibek District
- Betpak-Dala
- Boktykaryn
- FC Turan
- Karatau Nature Reserve
- Kazygurt District
- Kharasan mine
- Kyzylkol
- List of Äkims of Turkistan Region
- Maktaaral District
- Ordabasy District
- Otyrar District
- Saryagash District
- Sayram District
- Sayram-Ugam National Park
- Shardara District
- Sozak District
- Syrdarya–Turkestan State Regional Natural Park
- Tole Bi District
- Tulkibas District
- Turkistan Region
- Ushbas
- Zarechnoye mine
Ulytau Region
- Atasu (river)
- Barak Kol (lake)
- Betpak-Dala
- Jezkazgan
- Kabyrshakty
- Karakengir
- Karakoin
- Meshkeysor
- Shoshkakol
- Taldymanaka
- Ulytau District
- Ulytau Region
- Zhaman Sarysu
- Zhanaarka District
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betpak-Dala
Also known as Betpak Dala, Betpak-Dala Desert, Betpakdala, Betpakdala Desert, Betpaq-Dala, Betpaqdala, Betpaqdala Desert.