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Karakul
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Karakul

The name of two lakes in Central Asia. The larger is a brackish, stagnant lake in the northern Pamirs of Tajikistan; area 380 sq km/146 sq mi. The smaller lies near the Tajik border, within the northwestern Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang Uygur; this deep mountain lake (Chinese Kalakuli Hu) stands between the peaks of Muztagh Ata and Kongur Shan, and is renowned for its beauty.



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In a four-week period, the two teams covered more than 4, 000 kilometres over vast expanses of southern Namibia, registering more than 2, 000 persons, many of them farm workers on the sprawling cattle and karakul sheep ranches of the area.
Report from Tweeriviere by Koerner, Christine / UN Chronicle
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