Muyunkum Desert
The Moiynkum Desert, is a desert in the Turkistan and Zhambyl regions of southern Kazakhstan. Common plant types in the desert include saksaul, milkvetch, mugwort and sedge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Sand
- Description: desert in Kazakhstan
- Also known as: “Moiynkum Desert”
Muyunkum Desert
- Categories: desert and landform
- Location: Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.58943° or 43° 35′ 22″ northLongitude
72.37802° or 72° 22′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8JMJH9QH+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 611854275OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sandWikidata ID
Q4299931
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Muyunkum Desert” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մույունկում”
- Azerbaijani: “Muyunqum”
- Bulgarian: “Мойънкум”
- Catalan: “Mujunkum”
- Cebuano: “Moyynqum (kamadan sa Kasahistan, lat 44,50, long 70,00)”
- Cebuano: “Moyynqum”
- Chinese: “穆云库姆沙漠”
- Chinese: “穆雲庫姆沙漠”
- Czech: “Mujunkum”
- Czech: “poušť Mujunkum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا مويونكوم”
- Estonian: “Mojõnkumi kõrb (Lõuna-Kasahstan)”
- Estonian: “Mojõnkumi kõrb”
- Finnish: “Moiynqūm”
- French: “désert de Muyunkum”
- French: “Désert de Muyunkum”
- Georgian: “მუინყუმი”
- German: “Mojynqum”
- German: “Moyınqum”
- German: “Mujunkum”
- Italian: “deserto di Muyunkum”
- Italian: “Deserto di Muyunkum”
- Kazakh: “Мойынқұм”
- Kirghiz: “Моюн-кум”
- Kirghiz: “Моюн-Кум”
- Persian: “بیابان معینقوم”
- Persian: “مویونقوم”
- Polish: “Mojynkum”
- Russian: “Мойынкум”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Moynkum”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Muyunkum”
- Swedish: “Moyynqum (öken i Kazakstan, lat 44,50, long 70,00)”
- Swedish: “Moyynqum”
- Ukrainian: “Мойинкум”
- Ukrainian: “Муюн-Кум”
- Uzbek: “Moʻyinqum”
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