11) Nordenskjold, Nils Adolf Erik, Baron. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...the Northeast Passage as a possible route of trade. He reached Novaya Zemlya, crossed the Kara Sea, and ascended (1875) the Yenisei River, which he explored again...
12) Sverdrup, Otto. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...1904) described this expedition. His later arctic expeditions included a voyage to the Kara Sea in 1920 and a searching trip for the Italian explorer Umberto Nobile's...
13) Kara Kum. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A desert region of Turkmenistan between the Caspian Sea and the Amu Darya....
14) Amu Darya. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...irrigation, but this draw on its water has prevented the Amu Darya from replenishing the Aral Sea. The Kara Kum Canal (c.500 mi/800 km long) carries water from the...
15) Garabogazkol. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Garabogazkol, (gra´bgaz´kol´) (KEY) or Kara-Bogaz-Gol (kra´-bgaz´-gol´) (KEY) , shallow bay, in Turkmenistan. An arm of the Caspian Sea, it acts as a natural evaporation...
16) Turan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, S and E of the Aral Sea. The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers divide it into the Kara Kum desert in the south, the Kyzyl...
17) Caracas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(kra´ks, kra´-, Span. kara´kas) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 1,824,892), Federal Dist., N Venezuela, the capital and largest city of the country, near the Caribbean Sea....
18) Turkmenistan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in the northwest, and the Caspian Sea in the west. Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) is its capital and largest city. 1 Land, People, and GovernmentThe desert lands of Kara Kum...
19) Khiva, khanate of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...or Khorezm) oasis along the Amu Darya River. The khanate lay S of the Aral Sea and included large areas of the Kyzyl Kum and Kara Kum deserts. Founded c.1511 as part...
20) Kara-Kul. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kara-Kul, (ka´r-kool) (KEY) , mountain lake, c.140 sq mi (360 sq km), Badakhshan, E Tajikistan, in the Pamir, near the Chinese border. It is c.12,840 ft (3,900 m)...
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