Turan lowlands
The Turan lowlands are around 1.9 million km² in size in Central Asia .
Surname
Turan is an archaic landscape name from a Persian perspective, see Turan (region) . Turan is most likely to be equated with Turkestan .
geography
The Turan lowlands are located on the territory of the states of Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan . It lies between the Caspian Sea in the west and the Central Asian high mountains in the east; in the north it borders on the Urals and the Kazakh threshold .
It is on average approx. 300 m above sea level. There are a few smaller plateaus.
In the south there are oases and irrigated river valleys with agricultural cultivation areas for cotton and grain. 80% of the area of the Turan lowlands are sand or salt deserts. There are only smaller herbal plants and shrubs, which are mainly used by herds of sheep and camels.
A number of rivers flow through the Turan lowlands. The most important are the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya , which in the Northern Aral Sea opens.
economy
The Turan lowlands are economically important because of the oil and natural gas deposits on the Caspian Sea and because of the salt mining .