Sulton Rahimov
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Documentos CIDOB, Asia
Impacts of climate change on water resources in Central Asia
Central Asia: general information
Central Asia is located in the centre of the Eurasian continent –at the
interface of Europe and Asia– and occupies an area of about 4 million
km
2
. The region covers the territory of five countries: Kazakhstan, Kyr-
gyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, which are home to
almost 60 million people. Central Asia shares borders with Afghanistan,
Iran, China and Russia. Its nature is presented by the highest chain of
the Pamirs and the Tien Shan, broad deserts and steppes, while the large
Asian rivers are the Amu-Darya, the Syr-Darya and drainless reservoirs,
the largest of which are the Caspian and Aral seas. The overwhelming
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