Karakum may refer to:
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Karakum Desert
The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara-Gum ( tk, Garagum, ; rus, Караку́мы, Karakumy, kərɐˈkumɨ), is a desert in Central Asia. Its name in Turkic languages means "black sand": "" means sand; "" is a contraction of : " ...
, a desert in Central Asia
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''Karakum'' (film), a 1994 Turkmen film
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Karakum Canal
The Karakum Canal (Qaraqum Canal, Kara Kum Canal, Garagum Canal; russian: Каракумский канал, ''Karakumskiy Kanal'', tk, Garagum kanaly, , ) in Turkmenistan is one of the largest irrigation and water supply canals in the world. St ...
, Turkmenistan
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Karakum District
Karakum District or Garagum District tk, Garagum etraby is a district of Mary Province in Turkmenistan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Karakum. It is formed in 1978 as Karakum Raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a ty ...
, Turkmenistan
See also
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Karakoram
The Karakoram is a mountain range in Kashmir region spanning the borders of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range falls under the ...
, a large mountain range spanning the borders of India, Pakistan and China
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Karakorum
Karakorum (Khalkha Mongolian: Хархорум, ''Kharkhorum''; Mongolian Script:, ''Qaraqorum''; ) was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the ...
, a medieval city in Mongolia
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