Geographicals

Central Asia

The geographical area of Asia comprising KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; and UZBEKISTAN. The desert region of Kara Kum (Qara Qum) is largely in Turkmenistan and the desert region of Kyzyl Kum (Kizil Kum or Qizil Qum), is in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p233, 590, 636)

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The geographical area of Asia comprising KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; and UZBEKISTAN. The desert region of Kara Kum (Qara Qum) is largely in Turkmenistan and the desert region of Kyzyl Kum (Kizil Kum or Qizil Qum), is in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p233, 590, 636)

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  • Asia, Central

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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a geog area; prefer specific countries

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Central Asia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001209. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001209
  2. Central Asia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia
  3. Central Asia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27275