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The '''Ustyurt Plateau''', also spelled ''Ust-Yurt'', ''Ust-Urt'' and ''Usturt'' ({{lang-kk|Üstirt}}, [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]]: ''Üstyurt),'' is a [[central Asia]]n [[plateau]] in [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Kazakhstan]], lying between the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya (river) delta in the east and the Mangyshlak (Tupqarghan) Plateau and the Kara-Bogaz-Gol (Garabogazköl; an inlet of the Caspian Sea) in the west. It extends roughly 200,000&nbsp;km² (77,000 square miles), with an average elevation of 150 meters (about 500 feet), and consists primarily of stony desert. Its highest point rises to a maximum of 1,200 feet (365 m) in the south-west.<ref name="USAID">{{cite web|title=The Ustyurt Plateau|url=http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pbaae433.pdf|publisher=USAID|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Advan">{{cite web|title=The Ustyurt Plateau|url=http://www.advantour.com/uzbekistan/ustyurt.htm|publisher=Advantour|accessdate=16 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ustyurt Plateau|url=http://www.visituzbekistan.travel/sightseeing/nurata/ustyurt-plateau/|publisher=VisitUzbekistan|accessdate=16 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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The plateau's semi-[[nomadic]] population raises [[sheep]], [[goat]]s, and [[camel]]s. At its edges it drops steeply to the [[Aral Sea]] and the surrounding plain. Oil and natural-gas deposits lie west of the plateau. [[Asiatic cheetah]]s and [[Caspian tiger]]s used to live there.<br />
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Kazakhstan created the ''Ustyurt Nature Reserve'' (223,300 hectares) in July, 1984 in the south of Mangystausky district in Eralievsky region.<ref name="WTK-Ust">{{cite web|title=Ustyurtsky state natural reserve|url=http://welcometokazakhstan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457&catid=48&Itemid=1749&lang=en|website=Welcome to Kazakhstan|publisher=Silk Tour agency|accessdate=16 August 2016}}</ref> It preserves rare fauna and flora such as the Afghan red sheep and the [[Saiga antelope]].<ref name="Advan2">{{cite web|title=Ustyurt Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan|url=http://www.advantour.com/kazakhstan/nature/ustyurt.htm|publisher=Advantour|accessdate=16 August 2016}}</ref> Among its features are [[Sherkala|Sherkala Mountain]] and the concretions [http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/valley-balls-rocks] found in the Torysh ('Valley of Balls') near the town of [[Shetpe]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Emba River]]<br />
* [[Transcaspian Region]]<br />
* [[Karakalpaks]]<br />
* [[Ustyurt Mountain sheep]]<br />
* [[Khwarezm|Khwarezm oasis region]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://aboutkazakhstan.com/blog/nature/alien-landscapes-of-the-ustyurt-plateau/ Alien landscapes]<br />
* [http://eurasia.travel/uzbekistan/cities/karakalpakstan/the_aral_sea/the_ustyurt_plateau/ Ustyurt Plateau]<br />
* [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/desert-kites-out-of-eden-walk-uzbekistan-iron-age-saiga/ Hundreds of desert kites in the Ustyurt]. Nat. Geographic.<br />
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