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Descriptor
English
:
Asia, Central
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Asia Central
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Ásia Central
Tree Number:
Z01.252.100
Definition
English
:
The geographical area of Asia comprising
KAZAKHSTAN
;
KYRGYZSTAN
;
TAJIKISTAN
;
TURKMENISTAN
; and
UZBEKISTAN
. The
desert
region of Kara Kum (Qara Qum) is largely in
Turkmenistan
and the
desert
region of Kyzyl Kum (Kizil Kum or Qizil Qum), is in
Uzbekistan
and
Kazakhstan
. (From Webster's New Geographical
Dictionary
, 1988, p233, 590, 636)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
a geog area; prefer specific countries
History Note
English
:
82
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
Record Number:
1216
Unique Identifier:
D001209
Occurrence in VHL
:
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