TURAN PLAIN

Uzbek Turon extensive lowland in southwestern Kazakstan and northwestern Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. It is bounded by the Saryarqa (Kazak Uplands) in the north, the foot of the Tien Shan and Pamir-Alay mountains in the east, the Kopet-Dag Range in the south, and the Caspian Sea in the west. It consists mainly of sand and clay desert. There are a number of hills up to 3,300 feet (1,000 m), as well as several depressions below sea level. The lowland is traversed by the lower courses of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya.