Climate change and terrestrial carbon sequestration in Central Asia, R. Lal, Psychology Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-42235-2, ... The Karakum ('Black Sand' in Turkic) desert occupies 70% of Turkmenistan and is, with 350000 km2 one of the world's largest sand deserts. The Kyzylkum ('Red Sand') desert, with an area of about 300000km2 in both Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan ...
