Kayrakkum Reservoir
Kayrakkum Reservoir, also spelled variously as Qayroqqum, Qayraqqum, Kayrakum or Kairakum, is a large artificial lake in Ghafurov District of Sughd Province, in northwestern Tajikistan.
- Reservoir
- …has a surface elevation of around 350 metres (1,130 feet)
- Description: Artificial lake in Sughd Province, Tajikistan (Also Known as ‘Bahri Tajik’)
- Also known as“Kayrakkumskoye Vodokhranilishche”“Kayrakum Reservoir”“Kayrakumskoye Vodokhranilishche”“Obanbori Qayroqum”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lohuti.
Lohuti
Village
Lohuti is a town and jamoat in north-western Tajikistan. Lohuti is situated 8 km southeast of Kayrakkum Reservoir.
Kayrakkum Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
40.29° or 40° 17′ 24″ north
Longitude
70.06° or 70° 3′ 36″ east
Open location code
8JGG73Q6+X2
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Uzbek—“Kayrakkum Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Embassament de Kairakkum”
- Cebuano: “Kayrakum Reservoir”
- Chinese: “凯拉库姆”
- Chinese: “凱拉庫姆”
- Chinese: “凱拉庫姆水庫”
- Czech: “Kajrakkumská přehrada”
- Czech: “Kajrakkumská přehradní nádrž”
- Czech: “Kajrakkumská vodní nádrž”
- Finnish: “Qairoqqumin tekojärvi”
- French: “lac de Kayrakkum”
- French: “Réservoir de Kaïrakkoum”
- German: “Kairakkum-Stausee”
- German: “Kairakkumskoye-Stausee”
- German: “Kajrakkum-Stausee”
- German: “Kayrakkum-Stausee”
- German: “Tadschikisches Meer”
- Japanese: “カイラクム貯水池”
- Japanese: “カイラックム貯水池”
- Japanese: “タジク海”
- Korean: “카이라쿰호”
- Lithuanian: “Tadžikijos marios”
- Luxembourgish: “Kairakkum-Stauséi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kairakkum-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kairakkum-reservoaret”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kairakkum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kairakum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kajrakkum-reservoaret”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kajrakkum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kayrakkum-reservoaret”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kayrakkum”
- Norwegian: “Kairakkum”
- Persian: “بحر تاجیک”
- Polish: “Bahri Todżik”
- Polish: “Zbiornik Kajrakkumski”
- Portuguese: “Represa de Kayrakkum”
- Russian: “Кайракумское водохранилище”
- Russian: “Таджикское Море”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Kairakkum”
- Swedish: “Kairakkum”
- Tajik: “Obanbori Qajroqqum”
- Tajik: “Баҳри тоҷик”
- Tajik: “Обанбори Баҳри тоҷик”
- Tajik: “Обанбори Қайроққум”
- Ukrainian: “Кайраккумське водосховище”
- Ukrainian: “Таджицьке море”
- Uzbek: “Qayroqqum suv ombori”
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