CENTRAL ASIA

LOCATION

Central Asia is between The Caspian sea, Russia and China.

In the top Russia and in the bottom Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Russia

Caspian SeaChina

PakistanAfghanistan

Iran

The countries

The countries of this zone are Kazakhstan Kyrgystan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistsan

Cities This are the more important cities: Dushanbe (Tajikistan) Tashkent (Uzbequistan) Astana (Kazajistan) Bishkek (Kyrgyztan) Ashjabad (Turkmenistan)

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY

The geography of Central Asia is very distinct between big mountains an little rivers.

Area 4,003,400 km2

The caspia sea

WATER GEOGRAPHY In this zone there is a big hollow: The

Caspian Hollow. Central Asia have big lakes to: Caspian

sea, Aral sea, Baljash lake, Aydarcul’ lake , Tengiz lake...

This are the rivers that we can see in this zone: Sardar’ya, Ul’ulyak, Ural, Amudar’ya, Chu....

Aral SeaBaljash Lake

Continental Geografhy In this part of Asia there are big mountains

rages with very high mountains: Gora Besshoki , Mayakovogo, Adelunga Toghi, Pik Dankova, Gora Kotanemel’...

There is an othere inportant geographic accident that is the Ustiurt plateau.

An other zone is the Kyzlkum desert.

Kyzlkum desert

Flora and Fauna Among Central Asia's remarkable

biodiversity, some animals and plants stand out almost as icons of the region, in some cases icons of past glory only, as many of their populations are heavily depleted by habitat destruction for agriculture and infrastructure such as roads and townships.

(can get to travel more than 8,000 miles on their migration routes from Central Asia to places as far apart as West Africa or India)

Circus Macrourus

Weather

Since Central Asia is not buffered by a large body of water, temperature fluctuations are more severe. Central Asia spans the area between the Caspian Sea and China. The topography of this landlocked region ranges from vast plains to high, rugged mountains, which influences its weather patterns. Hence, Central Asia is home to multiple types of climates.

 The climate tends toward the drier side. And it can also be one of extreme heat and cold, as it lacks maritime air masses which would otherwise moderate the temperature.

Steppe The middle third of Kazakhstan, the western third

of Turkmenistan and most of the western third of Uzbekistan are considered a steppe climate.

This semi-arid grassland receives slightly more precipitation than its neighbor, the mid-latitude desert, with annual totals ranging from 10 to 20 inches per year.

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