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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steppes and deserts of Uzbekistan is another </span><a href="https://ca.araratour.com/ecotourism-in-kyrgyzstan" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">trendy destination in ecotourism</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with great potential, which will give a lot of unforgettable and exotic experiences. One of the largest and most popular deserts is the Kyzyl-Kum desert. </span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;">The <b>Kyzylkum Desert</b> is the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deserts_by_area" title="List of deserts by area" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">15th largest</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert" title="Desert" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">desert</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;"> in the world. Its name means <i>Red Sand</i> in </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_languages" title="Turkic languages" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Turkic languages</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;">. It is located in </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Central Asia</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;"> in the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doab" title="Doab" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">doab</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;"> between the rivers </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amu_Darya" title="Amu Darya" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Amu Darya</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syr_Darya" title="Syr Darya" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Syr Darya</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;">, a region historically known as </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transoxania" title="Transoxania" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Transoxania</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;"> or </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogdiana" title="Uzbekistan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Sogdiana</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;">. Today it is divided between </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Kazakhstan</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Turkmenistan</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Uzbekistan</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; color: #202122;">. 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