Fig. 1
From: Composition of camel milk and evaluation of food supply for camels in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is located in Central Asia. Over half of the Uzbek territory is covered by desert: the Kyzylkum, Ustyurt desert plateau, and Aralkum formed on the former bottom of the Aral Sea. Kyzylkum is a huge desert in Central Uzbekistan, which stretches between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya on the territory around 300,000 km2. Ustyurt desert is a plateau in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, located between Mangyshlak and the Bay of Kara-Bogaz-Gol in the west, the Aral Sea, and the Amu Darya delta in the east. The plateau occupies a total area of 200,000 km2 and presents a clayey and rock debris desert