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The Golodnaya Steppe, also called the Hungry Steppe, is a broad semi-arid plain in Central Asia, principally in Uzbekistan and extending toward southern Kazakhstan. Much of the region is an alluvial lowland that historically lacked reliable surface water, but Soviet irrigation and land-reclamation p...
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The Golodnaya Steppe is an arid plain in Central Asia, located mainly in Uzbekistan with areas extending toward Tajikistan. Its natural environment is characterized by low rainfall and steppe or desert conditions. During the Soviet period, large irrigation projects transformed parts of the plain int...
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Historically consequential agricultural transformation, but ecological damage, monotony, and cotton exploitation weaken its reputation.
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