Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Jetisu Region

Saryesik-Atyrau Desert

The Saryesik Atyrau Desert is a desert in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, eastern . It stretches for about 400 km south of . It is a sand desert, relatively ecologically healthy with little erosion.
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Saryesik-Atyrau Desert

Latitude
45.54676° or 45° 32′ 48″ north
Longitude
76.81182° or 76° 48′ 43″ east
Open location code
8JQRGRW6+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 232927612
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sand
Wiki­data ID
Q1813864
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Saryesik-Atyrau Desert” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صحراء سارجيسيك و اتيراو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sarıesik-Atırau”
  • Bulgarian: “Саръесик Атърау”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا سارجيسيك و اتيراو”
  • Estonian: “Sarõjesikatõrau kõrb”
  • Finnish: “Saryesık Atyrau”
  • Georgian: “სარიესიკ ატირაუს უდაბნო”
  • Georgian: “სარიესიკ-ატირაუს უდაბნო”
  • Georgian: “სარიესიქ-ათირაუ”
  • German: “Saryesik-Atyrau-Wüste”
  • German: “Saryesik-Atyrau”
  • Italian: “deserto di Saryesik-Atyrau”
  • Italian: “Deserto di Saryesik-Atyrau”
  • Japanese: “サルイイシコトラウ砂漠”
  • Kazakh: “Sarıesikatıraw”
  • Kazakh: “Сарыесікатырау”
  • Kazakh: “سارىەسىكاتىراۋ”
  • Lithuanian: “Saryesik-Atyrau dykuma”
  • Mongolian: “Сарыесик-Атырау”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saryjesik-Atyrau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saryesik-Atyrau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saryjesik Atyrau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saryjesik-Atyrau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Сарыесик-Атырау”
  • Norwegian: “Saryjesik-Atyrau”
  • Persian: “بیابان ساری‌اسیک-آتیراو”
  • Polish: “Sary Iszyk Otrau”
  • Polish: “Sary Iszykotrau”
  • Polish: “Saryjesyk Atyrau”
  • Portuguese: “Deserto de Saryesik-Atyrau”
  • Russian: “Сары-Атырау”
  • Russian: “Сары-Ишикотау”
  • Russian: “Сары-Ишикотрау”
  • Russian: “Сарыесик-Атырау”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Saryesik-Atyrau Desert”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Saryesik-Atyrau”
  • Ukrainian: “Сари-Ішикотрау”
  • Ukrainian: “Сариєсик-Атирау”
  • Ukrainian: “Сариєсік-Атирау”
  • Uzbek: “Sarieshik-oʻtrov”

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