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International Research Institute for Climate Prediction of the Columbia University 2001, FAO 2001.
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Drought in Central and Southwest Asia
Year:
2007
Author:
Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Description:
Turkmenistan and Iran have become drier. Dust storms pick up large amounts of salt and dust as they pass over the Kara-Kum desert and the Caspian Seashore, depositing it in the Volga River valley where it impairs the fertility of arable land.
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