KARAKALPAKSTAN BLOG

A blog detailing the culture, history, geography and nature of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and neighbouring areas on the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River.

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Dutars

Painted by Serekeev Bazarbay - Little Dutar Player (Source Karakalpak State Art Museum http://www.museum.kr.uz/eng) The dutar (dutor or dot...

UN's Ban Ki-moon calls Aral Sea "shocking disaster"

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the planet's most shocking disasters and is calling on C...

THE GREAT AMU DARYA

INTRODUCTION The Amu Darya (lit. "Amu River") is formed at the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj Rivers in Tajikistan and flows 2...

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

ARAL SEA OPERATING COMPANY

The Aral Sea Operating Company was set up in 2006 to explore and develop Uzbekistan’s oil and gas fields in the Aral Sea on a Product Shari...

Aral Sea in Winter

Aral Sea in Winter

Threats to the Aral Basin

Irrigation/Drainage canals in the delta Alongside the Amu Darya are a dense series of irrigation and drainage ditches which are visible i...

The Lower Amu Darya

Amu Darya (Pontoon Bridge - Mangit)

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