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 | | The Turan Flatlands, also known simply as Turan, encompass an area from the Caspian Sea in the west, the Aral sea in the north, the Altai, Hindu-Kush and Kopet-Dag mountains in the south, and to the east the area including the ancient city of Ferghana, and the westernmost parts of China and Tibet. |
 | | In total size it is about the same lengthwise as the distance from the Mississippi River to the West Coast in the United States, or the distance from Lisbon to Athens in Europe. |
 | | In addition, the southern edge of the Turan area is subject to relatively frequent and severe earthquakes; in the last century alone, the city of Ashkabad (where the Akhal Oasis is marked on the map at left) was twice levelled by earthquakes, in 1924 and again in 1948. |
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