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It increases dramatically as one travels from the Ryn Desert toward the Caspian Sea. Russian satellite photos have revealed huge deposits of salt domes (about 1,200), in the Caspian Depression in western Kazakhstan. One dome, called the Chelkar Deposit, covers an area of 3,237 km 2 (1,250 sq mi) and is nearly 8 kilometres (5 mi) deep.
The most northern part is called the Caspian Depression. The desert part to the east of the Caspian Depression and Caspian is called the Turan Depression. In Azerbaijan, the Kura-Aras Lowland is part of the Aral–Caspian Depression. Its parts lie in Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. [1] [2]
The Caspian lowland desert ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1308) covers the north and southeast coasts of the Caspian Sea, including the deltas of the Volga River and Ural River in the northern region. While the region gets relatively low amounts of precipitation (less than 200 mm/year), wildlife is supported by the river estuaries and the sea itself.
Bulgakov is located on Caspian Depression, on the left bank of the Volga River, 21 km northeast of Leninsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kovylny is the nearest rural locality. Kovylny is the nearest rural locality.
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It is named after continental Atelian sediments identified by Pavel Pravoslavlev (1918) during his 1903-1932 work on Pleistocene geology of Sub-Caspian and Lower Volga regions [1] [2] [3] in cross-sections of Northern Caspian Depression, who grouped them into the Atelian formation [4] The basin of the regression is called Atelian basin. [5]
The Kamys-Samar lakes are located in the northern Caspian Depression, north of the Ryn Desert, a largely flat arid region dominated by salt marshes and salt flats.The lake area stretches from east to west for over 100 kilometers (62 mi) and from north to south for about 60 kilometers (37 mi).
Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski Nature Reserve (Russian: Богдинско-Баскунчакский) (also Bogdinsko-Baskunchaksky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) in a semi-arid area around two notable features: Lake Baskunchak, Russia's largest undrained salt lake, and Big Bogdo Mountain, the highest point (at 147 meters) in the Caspian Depression and home to the "singing rocks".