The Karakalpak region of Ustyurt is located in the west of the Republic of Uzbekistan, bordering on the east with the Aral Sea, most of which has turned into a desert.

Ustyurt platosi, endemiklar, noyob turlar, tsenopopulyatsiya holati, Agropyron desertorum,

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