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  2. Karakum Desert - Wikipedia

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    The desert is divided into three regions, the elevated northern Trans-Unguz Karakum, the low-lying Central Karakum, and the southeastern Karakum, home to a chain of salt marshes. [4] Since the early 1980s, the relatively small desert extension, the Aralkum , has come to occupy most of the former seabed of the Aral Sea , about 15,440 sq mi ...

  3. 'The Door to Hell' is a real place, and it's stunning - AOL

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    The Darvaza Gas Crater is a fiery, burning natural gas field in Turkmenistan. Located in the Karakum Desert, people have nicknamed it "The Door to Hell."

  4. Darvaza gas crater - Wikipedia

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    The gas crater is near the village of Darvaza in the middle of the Karakum Desert. Located about 260 kilometres (160 mi) north of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, it has a diameter of 60–70 metres (200–230 ft) [4] [5] and a depth of about 30 metres (98 ft). [6] Another nearby gas crater is fenced off and has a distinct odor. [5]

  5. The Most Breathtaking Places in the World (If You Can Get to ...

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    Central Asia’s Karakum Desert holds one of remote Turkmenistan’s oddest features: the Darvaza Gas Crater, or Gates of Hell. The 230-foot-wide hole has been burning for more than 50 years ...

  6. Aral Karakum Desert - Wikipedia

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    The desert borders on the Syr Darya river to the south. The desert covers an area of 40,000 km 2 (15,000 sq mi). [3] [4] The landscape in the region is quite flat, with a height that varies from 55 to 118 metres (180 to 387 ft) above mean sea level. The dunes can reach heights of around 25 m (82 ft). The area is very dry, and the dried-out ...

  7. Turkmenistan’s mysterious, flaming ‘Gates of Hell’ - AOL

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    For the time being, the Darvaza Gas Crater continues to amaze visitors who make the long and arduous trek across the Karakum Desert to view Turkmenistan’s accidental natural wonder.

  8. Wildlife of Turkmenistan - Wikipedia

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    Takirs of Karakum Desert. Much of the rest of the country makes up the Central Asian Southern Desert ecoregion, which includes the Karakum Desert, the southern part of the Kyzylkum Desert and other areas with rolling dunes, sandy plateaus and alluvial plains. This area receives practically no rain during the summer and the extreme heat means ...

  9. Gates of hell - Wikipedia

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    In Derweze, Turkmenistan, a burning natural gas fire in the middle of the Karakum Desert is known as the Door to Hell or Darvaza gas crater. [12] According to Hawaiian folklore, Waipio Valley contains an entrance to the lower world, Lua-o-Milu, which is now concealed with sand. [13]